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Rome and Italy, ancient and modern

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Pescasseroli town square, Abruzzo, Italy
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Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, Italy
Alvito
olive grove
Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, Italy
St Peter's at night from the steps above the Piazza Del Populo
Detail from the Holy Door of St John Lateran Cathedral Rome.
Partially reconstructed funerary monument on Via Appia
Alvito, Fr. Italy
Block from the Forum Romanum with inscriptions of the positions and honors held by Augustus and the men with whom he shared consulships. In the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
dancers
Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, Italy
Stepping stone crosswalks in the city streets of Pompeii
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Festa of St Anthony of Padua in Arpino, Fr Italy
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Socrates
Lia
sharing a glass of the good stuff
Aqua Claudia
dancers
Festa of St Anthony of Padua in Arpino, Fr. Italy.
Herculaneum with the ground level showing depth to which ancient city was buried
Vestments in the museum of the Monastery at Monte Cassino
Via Del Corso, Rome
Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, Italy
Capitoline Brutus (2)
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Il Vittoriano
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Marcus Aurelius
Mosaic in the Lateran Cathedral, Rome
Wall niche for a shrine to the Lares and Penates, the Roman household gods, in a house undergoing conservation in Herculaneum
marble basin in the public bath of Pompeii
Michaelangelo's Pieta in St Peter's Cathedral.
carboys for wine
Forum as seen from the Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio).
Papa Francesco greeting everyone today in St Peter's Square.
Preserved section of Via Appia
"I can get my own water."
Ara Pacis Augustae ~The Altar of Augustan Peace
Dancers
Colosseum after cleaning
Dancers
Funerary monuments lining the road to Pompeii
Dolium-storage jar-set in the floor of a taberna in Herculaneum
house on preserved stretch of the ancient Via Appia
Mosaic representing the four horse racing "factions" of the Roman Circus. Roman racing fans would support their faction in much the same way followers of modern sports teams do today.
serving counter and dolia--storage jars-- in a taberna in Pompeii.
Detail of remnant of Roman wall painting from a house in Herculaneum showing inscribed guide marks used by the artists to aid composition.
relief sculpture on funerary monument, Pompeii.
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