Blindspots

The mighty Roman empire is one of the most valuable models of human civilization. The richness and value that contemporary cultures hold would never be the same if it weren't for the people of Rome. They have provided us with the basic building blocks of several aspects of life and have dones so remarkably well. The need for a foundation myth is therefore clear: The Romans, like all people, need to know where and how they came out. Just like our beliefs and essentials are provided through history, the Roman beliefs were provided through foundational myth.

The people of Rome had no sequential narratives like the Greek Titanomachy or the seductions of Zeus and Hera. What can a society do with nothing? It's difficult, if not impossible, to build upon culture, value, and identity when there is no core. Poets of Rome therefore borrowed from the Greeks. It is undeniable that the Romans were, in fact, routed to the Greeks.

They took these Greek routes and created a rather sophisticated world. They made had a highly developed system of rituals, priestly colleges, and pantheons of related gods. And they made a their own set of historical myths the foundation and rise of their city with the inclusion