@AdmiralHip depends on the pagans, eh? Classical era Rome didn't seem so...domestic...in its offerings!
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore The Lar is strange. No one knows what it is, not even the Romans knew its origins. Might have been an ancestor worship thing2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip seems likely, esp if they ever spent time burying their dead under their houses.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore UH OH did someone tell you they did that?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore the Romans were big on the boundary between life and death. No dead within the city limits. One exception was an emperor.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip right, I was more wondering about pre-Roman Rome, as it were. Everybody starts somewhere.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore religion changes, but ritual doesn't. So gods might change, but the places of worship, rituals, etc. remain generally the same1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip Yes! C.f. British barrows & henges built on/in Neolithic enclosures. Then groves. Then freakin Romans.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip what you end up with really is huge piles of sanctity.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore basically.
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