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Both the Roman Republic founding myth and Greek democracy story are very similar(both involve a tyrant raping a nobleman's daughter) and happened at the same time(510 BC vs 509 BC). Is this pure coincidence? NSFW

by /u/drowawayzee in /r/AskHistorians

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