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Re: Dwilight IC and OOC updates and news!
« Reply #330: May 01, 2011, 08:21:16 PM »
But THAT IS NOT THEIR RELIGION.

Their religion was worshiping Jove, and Juno, and all the other, y'know, Roman Gods.

No.  Roman belief system accepted all the other gods as valid.  Standard Roman practice when taking over new land would be to attempt to bribe the main local deities by offering to build a new shrine or temple in Rome and given them many new offerings and followers.  You were expected to acknowledge all the gods at appropriate moments, but many people only had special devotion to one god or goddess beyond the rituals you had to perform as part of your day.  (I had a class that spent about half the semester on religion in Rome and Greece, and quite enjoyed reading all the religious sections in detail).

This is beside the point, however.  The Romans are not Medieval Europe, and it has been repeatedly said that "the Romans did it!" is not a valid way of supporting something in Battlemaster.
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