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TITLE: She Wolf of the Capitoline - ETRUSCAN
DESCRIPTION: Sculpture is creation myth of the she wolf who raises Romulus and Remus, which is the story of Rome. This sculpture is Pre-Rome, however, so how could this be explained? Answer: she wolf created in 500 BCE; babies were added later by Romans in 15th-15th century CE, "to fulfill a prophecy".
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08_She Wolf of the Capitoline