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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to All   
   Roman Senate: Altar of Victory   
   29 Apr 19 17:49:56   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   So forgive my ignorance on the topic -- I wouldn't   
   be asking if I knew -- but any word on the final   
   resting place of the Senate's  "Altar of Victory"?   
      
   Yes it sounds exactly like the sort of thing that   
   would have been pillaged during the sack of any   
   city. And it also sounds like the sort of thing that   
   religious rivals might've wanted to melt down. But,   
   do we know?   
      
   I like to think that anything of religious importance   
   would have at least as good a chance of being   
   buried somewhere/hidden as melted destroyed by   
   competing religions. And the fact that this  "Altar of   
   Victory" seems to have survived intact through   
   periods of disfavor/disuse does make me wonder   
   if it was spared from Christianity's metaphorical   
   axeman. But those pillaging invaders though? Hm.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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