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Part of Rome's founding myth is that Aeneas fled the destruction of Troy across the Mediterranean, eventually reaching Italy. Do we have any material evidence that shows Late Bronze Age Luwian peoples migrating across the Mediterranean to places such as Italy? Or is the Aeneid really just pure myth?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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