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The Roman founding myth seems to be directly related to their pagan religion ( Romulus/Remus + Aeneas/Dido etc.). Once the Empire was predominantly Christian, how did they come to terms with their pagan origins? Did they change their founding myth?

by /u/istami in /r/AskHistorians

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