Wikipedia article about Ancient Rome
In high school, the language I most fell in love with happened to be a dead one: Latin. Sure, it’s spoken at the Vatican, and when I first began to study the tongue of Virgil and Catullus, friends joked that I could only use it if I moved to Rome.
Aardig is dat openbare afwateringsplaatsen in diverse landen, in de volksmond, vernoemd zijn naar keizer Vespasianus: de vespaciennes in Frankrijk, vespasiani in Italië en vespasiene in Roemenië.
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Vandaag is het de verjaardag van niemand minder dan Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, beter bekend als keizer Nero. Op 15 december van het jaar 37 werd hij geboren in Antium, het huidige plaatsje Anzio, vlak bij Rome. Om de verjaardag van de keizer te vieren vandaag een overzicht van de artikelen die ik over de beruchte keizer schreef:
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This Young Flavian Woman bust on the right stares at the viewer with idealized skin and perfect hair, but also with distinct facial features such as deep set eyes and a heavy brow. Her hair is piled high on her head in the latest fashion, and must have taken skill and drillwork to create in marble. Her idealized features coupled with real likeness is similar to Augustus Prima Porta and was created in the same Early Imperial art period. In contrast, this Middle Aged Flavian Woman on the left is less idealized and more natural. Her skin shows the passage of time, and although her hair is also in a fashionable up do, it is not nearly as complex as her younger counterpart. Because her age shows, this woman would have been revered and looked up to when this bust was made. While this sculpture reflects more of the Roman Republic verism, it was created around the same time as the Young Flavian Woman, about the 1st century CE.
Diocletian, Roman emperor (284–305 CE) who restored efficient government to the empire after the near anarchy of the 3rd century. He laid the foundation for the Byzantine Empire in the East and shored up the decaying empire in the West. The last major persecution of Christians occurred during his reign.
🇮🇹La Loggia dell’Orcagna, detta anche Loggia dei Lanzi, è una sorta di galleria d’arte a cielo aperto, visitabile a titolo gratuito di giorno e di notte… 🇬🇧The Loggia dell’O…
Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, a site of pilgrimage, holds a secret underground, the Vatican Necropolis and the true tomb of Peter.
Vatican Museum, Chiaramonti Gallery, XLVII 16. Inv. 1977. White marble.
