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A Look at Ancient Rome

How exactly do people know about the early Romans since there is no written evidence? There are three main ways that historians have found out many facts about the early Roman people. The main ways were to look at the many traditions that have been passed on from generation to generation, by studying the ancient language that was spoken by the Romans, and most importantly through the archeological findings. The religion, values, and ideas of the early Romans have changed many times. The religion that they had was based, at first, on mythology.
The Romans had no real mythology of their own, only that in which they had borrowed from the Greeks. These mythologies dealt with many gods, which served their own different, but special purposes. Since the Rcertain acts have power in thy selves to control natureā€ (200). There was a belief in a numerous amount of spirits, that came along with magic, had lacked personalities, were limited to certain places, in which they were fou...

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