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César en el Coliseo / Cesar at Colosseum
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“What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.”
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∎ A quote from William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, 1599
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; Caesar is turn'd to hear.
[Julius Caesar, Act 1 Scene 1; William Shakespeare]
Sound vaguely familiar? Things were ever thus... ad infinitum...
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Moon 2022/06/06 18:48 UT Rima Ariadeus, Rima Hyginus, Julius Caesar, Agrippa, Manilius craters
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Erechtheum temple fully restored and lovely lighted, built during 421–405 bC. ...centuries join history and culture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_of_Athena_Archegetis
Puerta de Atenea Archegetis (11 a.C.) y Acrópolis al fondo incl. Templo del Erecteión completamente restaurado y hermosamente iluminado, construido entre el 421 y el 405 a. C., siglos de historia y cultura
Η πύλη της Αθηνάς Αρχηγέτιδος (11 π.Χ.) με φόντο το υπέροχα φωτισμένο και μόλις αποκατεστημένο Ερέχθειο, υπέροχη Αθήνα …αιώνες τώρα :-) Η Πύλη της Αρχηγέτιδος Αθηνάς (Παζαρόπορτα) στη Ρωμαϊκή αγορά της Αθήνας.
Ανεγέρθηκε με χρήματα του Ιούλιου Καίσαρα, και στην τουρκοκρατία οδηγούσε στο σταροπάζαρο. Πάνω στους κίονες οι έμποροι αναρτούσαν τις τιμές…
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On the rear of the temple exterior is a carving of Cleopatra VII Philopator (the popularly well known Cleopatra) and her son, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (Caesarion), fathered by Julius Caesar.
The last 100 days of high school!
According to the belgian tradition, students celebrate the last 100 days till their graduation. This year my daughter is one of them. Today she received a sweater with all the names of her fellow students. Tomorrow they will all be wearing it, and i hope they will cherish it along with the sweet memories of that magical high shool period, long after the last 100 days ...
We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.
Orson Wells.
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film. He is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and which he co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in as Charles Foster Kane.
His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur".
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In the background the city of Fréjus a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, effectively forming one urban agglomeration. The north of the commune forms part of the Massif de l'Esterel.
The origins of Frejus probably lie with the Celto-Ligurian people who settled around the natural harbour of Aegytna. The remains of a defensive wall are still visible on Mont Auriasque and Cap Capelin. The Phocaeans of Marseille later established an outpost on the site.
The exact date of the founding of Forum Julii is uncertain, but it was certainly before 43 BC since it appears in the correspondence between Plancus and Cicero and 49 BC is most likely.
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The result unforeseen by the assassins was that Caesar's death precipitated the end of the Roman Republic.
"Et tu, Brute??!"
On March 15 - the Ides of March, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was attacked and murdered by a group of senators, including Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's friend and protégé.
On the steps of the Forum, Caesar initially resisted his attackers, but when he saw Brutus, he supposedly spoke those words and resigned himself to his fate.
Ultimately, the death of Caesar led to the final transition of the Roman Republic to - Roman Empire.
Ave Caesar!
I walked in the hills rolling down southeast of Venlo from Germany into the valley through which runs the Meuse River. Those hills are steeper than you might think and a number of the dales - partly dug out for clay and gravel in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - are now filled with water and make for pleasant swimming holes. The area is called the Jammerdaal - Wailing Dale. Tradition has it that here Ambiorix, a chieftain of the Eburones, and his courageous men in 54 BCE utterly destroyed Julius Caesar's XIV legion and 5 cohorts. If you listen carefully you can still hear those Roman soldiers wailing if the Moon is right and the forest dark enough and especially if you've had a beer or glass of wine in the fine restaurant De Bovenste Molen (=The Upper Watermill) not far away. Caesar swore revenge but Ambiorix escaped across the Rhine into what is today Germany. Ambiorix is now something of a national hero in Belgium.
This morning I heard no wailing but only Spring sounds, such as the buzz of Mining Bees, hundreds of them digging their tunnel nests in the warm sand. The main photo show two of them engaging to fill a nest with offspring. Top right gives a Bee and shows the entrance to a nest.
Located in the place of the ancient Campus Martius, four Roman Republican temples and the remains of Pompey's Theatre can still be seen in the square.
The spot where Julius Caesar was assassinated is believed to also be located in the square.
The obelisks were named in honor of Cleopatra because of her famed beauty and connections to well-known Romans. Plus, the name had a certain glamorous ring to it. The obelisks in New York and London are made of red granite from the quarries of Aswan with each stone weighing approximately 224 tons. The obelisks were constructed in 1450 BC in the city of Heliopolis for the Pharoah Thutmose III (1481-1425 BC). They are 68 feet (21m) tall.
The Cleopatra’s Needle of New York was erected in Central Park on February 22, 1881. It had been given to the US Consul General stationed in Cairo as a gift to the United States from the Egyptian Khedive (a title equivalent to a viceroy) as a gesture of gratitude for the US remaining neutral while Great Britain and France vied for control of the Egyptian government. The obelisk had been moved from its original home in Heliopolis to Alexandria in 12 BC where was set up in the temple built by Cleopatra in honor of Marc Anthony. Sometime later, the obelisk toppled into the sand; however, this had the positive effect of preserving the hieroglyphs for modern researchers.
For 3000 years, the dry desert air preserved the legacy of the pharaohs. Unfortunately, it has not been well maintained in the US. Since its arrival, numerous pockmarks have emerged and the hieroglyphs have faded, most likely due to the rain, snow, and acidity of the polluted New York City air. In 2011, the then minister of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, threatened to take back the obelisk if it was not better looked after: “If the Central Park Conservancy and the City of New York cannot properly care for this obelisk,” he wrote in an open letter to officials in New York, “I will take the necessary steps to bring this precious artifact home and save it from ruin.” In response, the city financed a $500,000 restoration of the obelisk.
History
The Caesareum of Alexandria is an ancient temple in Alexandria, Egypt. It was conceived by Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic kingdom, the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, to honour her first known lover Julius Caesar. The edifice was finished by the Roman Emperor Augustus, after he defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in Egypt. He destroyed all traces of Antony in Alexandria, and apparently dedicated the temple to his own cult.
Converted to a Christian church in the late 4th century, the Caesareum was the headquarters of Cyril of Alexandria, the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444.
The philosopher and mathematician Hypatia was murdered at the Caesareum by a Christian mob in 415; they stripped her naked and tore her to pieces.
Elements of the temple survived until the 19th century. Cleopatra's Needles, obelisks from the temple, now stand in Central Park in New York City and on the Thames Embankment, in London;
Today, a large statue of the Alexandrine nationalist leader Saad Zaghloul (1859–1927) stands on the Caesareum site.
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Since 1880, the obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle has stood in Central Park in New York.
This obelisk has four sides written in Egyptian hieroglyphics in honor of Pharaoh Tutmosis III and was originally built for the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis around 461 BC.
Park Location: East Side with 81st Street, behind Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Teatro di Marcello, Roma.
Edificio ideato da Giulio Cesare, ma eretto da Augusto e dedicato a Marcello, figlio di sua sorella Ottavia, morto all'età di vent'anni, nel 23 a.C..
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"Beware the Ides of March!"
Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome that contains four Republican Roman temples, and the remains of Pompey's Theater. It is on the steps of this Theater that Gaius Julius Caesar was murdered on the Ides of March (March 15th), 44 B.C. The Largo is located in the ancient Campus Martius.
Rome, Italy.
Indiana Jones: “I see you joined me in warping back into the First Century B.C.”
Fozzie: “And we’re seeing this meeting of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.”
Indiana Jones; “But I know she wasn’t all that the Egyptians said she was, even though she was the most beautiful woman in the world at that time.”
Fozzie: “And that’s the way Julius Caesar.”
Indiana Jones: “But why does she have to be with a snake?”
Julius: “Who are you calling a snake?”
Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome, Italy, that hosts four Republican Roman temples, and the remains of Pompey's Theatre. It is located in the ancient Campus Martius.
The name of the square comes from the Torre Argentina, whose Latin name was Argentoratum.
Julius Caesar was killed in the Curia of the Theatre of Pompey, and the spot he was believed to be assassinated is in the square.
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Fort Ricasoli is a bastioned fort in Kalkara, Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John between 1670 and 1698.
Now days they are using it for movie sets like Julius Caesar, Gladiator, Troy and Agora. The public is not allowed inside.
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On the rear of the temple exterior is a carving of Cleopatra VII Philopator (the popularly well known Cleopatra) and her son, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (Caesarion), fathered by Julius Caesar.
The Forum of Caesar or “Foro di Cesare” in Rome is one of a series of Imperial Forums built by successive Roman emperors. First commissioned by Julius Caesar in around 54 BC and completed in 46 BC, the Forum of Caesar was the first of these forums and was intended to relieve the already overcrowded Roman Forum.
At the time of the opening of the Forum of Caesar, the famous Roman leader had won a victory over his rival Pompey the Great. A celebration of this victory was constructed at the Forum of Caesar in the form of the Temple of Venus Genetrix. The godess to which the temple was dedicated was the defender of the Julian clan.
Today, the columns and platform of a Temple of Venus Genetrix can be seen at the Forum of Caesar.
Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase attributed to Marcus Iunius Brutus, one of the senarors who assassinated Julius Caesar. It can be translated as "Thus always to tyrants". It is a shortened version of the phrase "Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis" ("Thus always I bring death to tyrants"). It is also featured on the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Additionally this Latin phrase was shouted by John Wilkes Booth as he jumped onto the stage of Ford's theater after shooting President Lincoln in the back of the head and reflects Booth's belief that he was acting against tyranny and avenging the South's cause in the Civil War.
To prove the superiority of Christianity, they paired heathens and Christians. So opposite Julius Caesar's "veni, vidi, vici" they quoted Charles V "veni, vidi, deus vicit" ("I came, saw, and god won").
Obviously, whenever Christians used brute force to convince heathens, they had the better arguments. Ever since enlightenment, humanism and science have won the debates.
Night time view of Roman ruins. Roman Senate building remains from the time of Julius Caesar and the site of his death. www.aviewoncities.com/rome/forumromanum.htm
The Painted Hall occupies the same space as the hall in the original Elizabethan house. The magnificent swirling ceiling murals by Louis Laguerre (1663–1721), which have an almost three-dimensional quality, depict scenes from the life of Julius Caesar. Combined with its black-and-white marble floors and gilt ironwork, it is a spectacular room
The oppidum of the Celtic Alobroges became a Roman colony about 47 BC under Julius Caesar, but the Allobroges managed to expel the Romans. The exiles moved north and founded the colony of Lugdunum (today's Lyon). During the early Empire, Vienna regained all its former privileges as a Roman colony. The city flourished and became the second capital of southern Gaul during the Roman Empire.
The first Christians lived in Vienne around 100 AD. In the 3rd century, the city became a bishopric. After the death of the childless last Burgundian king Rudolf III. Vienne fell in 1032 to the German king Conrad II and thus to the Holy Roman Empire. In the 12th century, Vienne became the capital of the Dauphiné. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Vienne experienced an economic boom, numerous houses were built in the half-timbered style of the time, and the cathedral was completed. During the Wars of Religion, the city was fought over and frequently looted.
The abbey was founded in the 8th century. The monastery church became the palace chapel of the kings of Burgundy at the end of the 9th century. The monastery adopted the Benedictine rule probably at the end of the 10th century. The convent failed to recover from the Wars of Religion and the monastic life ended on the eve of the Revolution. The abbey church becomes parochial and the convent buildings are sold and partially dismantled.
The cloister survived the times.
Was in Greece recently and met up with toomanytribbles who showed us around the city - thanks a lot for being the best local guide ;-) !
This is the western entrance to Athens' Roman forum, called the Gate of Athena Archegetis, just by the ancient agora.
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«Se accosti l’orecchio alla spalletta di un ponte, senti le parole del fiume» – Fabrizio Caramagna
Shadows and reflections of the Devil's Bridge. Cividale (UD), Italy. © Michele Marcolin, 2023. K1ii + smc Pentax-FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited.
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The Devil's Bridge is one of the symbols of Cividale del Friuli. Boldly suspended on the Natisone River, it is still somehow wrapped in legend. The two banks were joined, at least from the 1200's, by a wooden passage, which was replaced after various inconclusive attempts by a stone bridge during the the XIV century. It was planned by lacopo Dugaro from Bissone, who began the construction in 1442. The job, slow and plagued by various adversities, was continued five years later under the guide of Erardo (or Everardo) from Villaco, a former member of Dugaro's team (who perhaps died of plague meanwhile or - allegedly - gave up without fulfilling his obligations).
Bartolomeo delle Cisterne finished it with a first paving in 1501 and a second in 1558. Its was defended by towers on both sides, which were dismantled around the second half of the past century. Works of restoration also followed through time. In 1843, during the works of reinforcing of the central pillar, two important stones of Roman age were discovered.
The fate of the bridge had a tragic epilogue: the 27th of October 1917, during the defeat of Caporetto, it was blown up attempting to slow down the enemy. A useless destruction, as the Imperial Army crossed the river the same evening. The bridge was later reconstructed by the Germans with local skilled workers, following the precise reliefs executed years before by the engineer Ernesto de Paciani of Cividale.
Opened again on the 18th of May 1918, the new bridge had short life for the 29th of April 1945 the Germans tried to blow it up again. Fortunately the damage was minimal and it was soon repaired. The rocky walls where the arches rest on were also reinforced. The central pillar rests on a natural rock, protruding in the center of the river.
Popular beliefs has the construction of the bridge connected to the supernatural: the devil would have facilitated the construction of the bridge in exchange for the soul of the firs creature who crossed it. But the inhabitants of Cividale mocked the devil, sending through the new passage an animal, a dog or cat (different versions exist, as well as various 'Devil's Bridges' around Italy). The bridge inspired also artists: writers have dedicated to it pages of intense poetry, while skillful painters have reproduced it in their works, fixing shapes and colors, with the transparency of waters.
The Painted Hall occupies the same space as the hall in the original Elizabethan house. The magnificent swirling ceiling murals by Louis Laguerre (1663–1721), which have an almost three-dimensional quality, depict scenes from the life of Julius Caesar. Combined with its black-and-white marble floors and gilt ironwork, it is a spectacular room