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Question 47. Why did Romulus build the temple of
Vulcan without the city?
Solution. What if it were by reason of that fabled
grudge which Vulcan had against Mars for the sake of
Venus, that Romulus, being reputed the son of Mars, would
not make Vulcan a cohabitant of the same house or city
with him? Or may this be a silly reason; and was that
temple at first built by Romulus for a senate house and a
privy council, for him to consult on state affairs together
with Tatius, where they might be retired with the senators,
and sit in consultation about matters quietly without interruption from the multitude? Or was it that Rome was
formerly in danger of being burnt from heaven; and he
thought good to adore that God, but to place his habitation
without the city?
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 2.
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