"Because 87 Sylvia was named after Rhea Sylvia, the mythical mother of the founders of Rome, Marchis proposed naming the twin moons after those founders: Romulus and Remus. The International Astronomical Union approved the names."
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Hmm, perhaps the true cause of the Earth-Romulan War has now been revealed: the Romulans get pissed at Earth for stealing their names?
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Or mabye the refugees of fallen Illum built spaceships and colonized those planets...
It's as plausable as anything on SG1, anyway.
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