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The Appian Way is one of the most famous roads in ancient history (Roman or otherwise). But, it's still Roman before anything else. It was started (and mainly finished) in 312 B.C. to connect Rome to Brindisi, down in the southeast (on the Adriatic coast). The main purpose of the road was to move troops (as they conquered southern Italy) and to improve communication.

The construction was pretty simple and straightforward: leveled dirt, covered with small stones and mortar, topped with gravel, and finally interlocking stones. It was cambered in the middle for water runoff with drainage ditches on the sides (with retaining walls).

When the western Roman Empire fell, around 500 A.D., the Appian Way fell into disuse. Nowadays, there's a parallel road -- Via Appia Nuova -- that was built in 1784. The original road -- Via Appia Antica -- is what you see in this set.

The road begins (or ends, I guess), at the Porta San Sebastiano, one of the gates to Rome on the old Aurelian Walls.

The first 5-7 kilometers have a number of sites, some of which you see here. Be careful walking, though, as it's still a reasonably busy road for vehicular traffic.

There are certainly easier ways to access the way than what I did. (In my case, I walked from St. Paul Outside the Walls, over the Garbatella Hill, then along some back roads to come out near the 5 kilometer mark, then walked all the way back to the Aurelian Walls, along the walls for a few kilometers, then over the Aventine Hill to Circus Maximus, around the Colosseum, through a few churches in a meandering way back to Termini. I think it was about 40,000 steps this day.)

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Back to the sights (from the gate away from town)...

Porta San Sebastiano:

This gate, originally called Porta Appia, lies on the Aurelian Walls, built by Emperor Aurelius in 275 A.D. It has a double-arched opening surmounted by bow windows and two semicylindrical towers.

The gate has been restored/improved a number of times. Fun things to note are the amount of graffiti traces on the gate (if you really study it closely). There is also a carved figure of Archangel Michael on the right jamb next to a blackletter inscription in Medieval Latin. It commemorates a battle in 1327 (that was fought on the celebration day of Saint Michael.

Inside the gate, you'll see the Arch of Drusus, which is older yet. The original arch was built in 9 B.C. The current incarnation seems to have been built around 210-220 A.D.

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Just under a kilometer down the way from the gate, on the left, you'll see a very small, yet famous, church. This is...

Santa Maria in Palmis, better known as Domine Quo Vadis. ("Domine, Quo Vadis?," in Latin, translates to, "Lord, where are you going?")

There has been a sanctuary on this spot since the 9th century, but the current church was built in 1637. (The facade, a little later, but still in the 17th century.)

The history of the Quo Vadis name of this church is recounted in the apocryphal Acts of Peter, in which Peter, fleeing persecution in Rome, bumps into none other than the risen Jesus Christ. He asks him -- well, you figure it out -- to which JC answers, "I am going to Rome to be crucified again." (Hmm...)

There's a marble slab on the floor of the church with two footprints. You're to believe these are a miraculous sign from Jesus. It's actually a copy of the original slab, which is down the street in San Sebastiano fuori le mura.

The Tomb of Priscilla, directly across the street (and not pictured here) is from the 1st century A.D.

Farther down the road, you'll pass the catacombs -- of Callixtus, and also of San Sebastiano (along with the aforementioned church), and the Vigna Randanini Jewish catacombs -- none are pictured here.

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Circus of Maxentius (and his villa)

If you go to the Circus Maximus next to Palatine Hill and expect to see something impressive (because most folks have, I hope, heard of that one), you'll probably walk away pretty disappointed. There's simply not much there in terms of ruins or anything tangible to see except its location.

If you want to erase that disappointment, all you need to do is come on down here to the Circus of Maxentius. The ruins here are much more substantial and satisfying. It's not as big as Circus Maximus, but...pretty close. Plus you get the ruins of the villa, too.

All of this was built between 306-312 A.D. The circus was only used (in a big way) once, I'm afraid. In 312, Maxentius ended up on the short end of the stick for control of Rome, losing to Constantine in a battle. (Constantine immediately legalized Christianity.)

Directly next to the racetrack, you'll see...

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The Tomb of Caecilia Metella:

This tomb, built in the 1st century B.C., is one of the best preserved of that era. It sits atop a hill. This cylindrical tomb sits atop a square podium with the Castle Caetani at the rear.

The good lady was the daughter of a Republican consul (from 69 B.C.) and wife of Crassus who served under Julius Caesar.

Day 346: new ski boots! by newfypup

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otherwise known as the most obvious titled photo ever....

so just in case you couldn't tell....i got some new ski boots today! yay!!!! i love to cross country ski but had been having some problems with my old ones.... mainly that they didn't fit.... so i took my christmas money and went and bought these wonderful ski boots. not going to get a chance to use them today.... we are supposed to get another big blizzard today and i didn't feel like being caught out in the snow. have a day of training tomorrow... i would really prefer to just go home again. seems like the much better option. but.... oh well.

and i promise that my feet are in the ski boots.... you can kinda tell because my jeans are at the top but just wanted to make sure.

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April 4, 2013 at 7pm

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Otherwise: Adrian and Ryan are going out on a tour and I figured i might as well catch their last show for awhile.

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Otherwise known as Writers In Space. :)

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Otherwise Known as an Optometrist? by anjill154

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Otherwise: Adrian and Ryan are going out on a tour and I figured i might as well catch their last show for awhile.

OTHERWISE by Silvia Paveri

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Otherwise: Adrian and Ryan are going out on a tour and I figured i might as well catch their last show for awhile.

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Humuhumu nukunuku a pua'a by Mary Virginia Hall

Otherwise known as a lagoon triggerfish. In Hanauma Bay

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Koyasan - Traditional shojin dinner at Hoon-in, a temple (Shingon Buddhism) and and shukubo (lodging originally intended for pilgrims). Shojin ryori, otherwise known as Buddhist cuisine, is a plant-based, vegetarian meal eaten in Japan by monks. The dinner consisted of white rice, soup, pickles, sesame tofu, seasonal vegetable tempura, boiled beans, only fried eggplant sesame sauce, Koya tofu and seasonal vegetables boiled, Japanese yam sauce, seaweed mozuku vinegar sauce, seasonal fruits.

Honzan Hoon-in Temple was founded by Jokaijin, a disciple of Shinga Sojo of Jogan-ji Temple and a grand disciple of Kobo Daishi. The hall was destroyed by fire due to a lightning strike, but was rebuilt in the Kenkyu era (around 1190) by the monk Niga, and was called Nakajima Toshita-in. In the Keian era (around 1648), the name of the temple was changed to Hoon-in Temple after receiving the order of Ninnaji-no-miya Hoon-in Temple. It is reported that Tosei, a disciple of the famous haiku player Basho, brought Basho's bone to Hoon-in.

Shingon Buddhism (真言宗, Shingon-shū) is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra. It is often called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Orthodox Esoteric Buddhism. The word shingon is the Japanese reading of the Chinese word 真言 (zhēnyán), which is the translation of the Sanskrit word मन्त्र ("mantra").

Known in Chinese as the Tangmi (唐密; the Esoteric School in the Tang dynasty of China) Shingon Buddhist doctrine and teachings arose in Japan during the Heian period (794-1185) after a Buddhist monk named Kūkai (空海) traveled to China in 804 to study Esoteric Buddhist practices in the city of Xi'an(西安), then called Chang-an, at Azure Dragon Temple (青龍寺) under Huiguo, a favourite student of the legendary Amoghavajra. Huiguo was the first person to gather the still scattered elements of Indian and Chinese Esoteric Buddhism into a cohesive system, and Esoteric Buddhism was not yet considered to be a different sect or school at that time. Kūkai returned to Japan as Huiguo's lineage- and Dharma-successor. Shingon followers usually refer to Kūkai as Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師, Great Master of the Propagation of Dharma) or Odaishi-sama (お大師様, The Great Master), the posthumous name given to him years after his death by Emperor Daigo.

Kūkai's first established monastery was in Mount Kōya (高野山, Koyasan), which has since become the base and a place of spiritual retreat for Shingon practitioners. Because of his importance in Japanese Buddhism, Kūkai is associated with many stories and legends. One such legend attribute the invention of the kana syllabary to Kūkai, with which the Japanese language is written to this day (in combination with kanji), as well as the Iroha poem, which helped to standardise and popularise kana. According to one legend, male same-sex love was introduced into Japan by Kūkai. Historians however, point that this is probably not true, since Kūkai was an enthusiastic follower of monastic regulations. Nonetheless, the legend served to "affirm same-sex relation between men and boys in 17th century Japan."

RUN (Run Stay Healthy) by KandyZone

To be held on 11th of April 2015, RUN is a massive project organized jointly by Gateway College Alumni Association and the Rotaract Club of Kandy.

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Old Dame by Vertua

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Becoming Otherwise | artLAB Gallery by Western Visual Arts

Becoming Otherwise

Soheila Esfahani, Jessica Karuhanga, Behnaz Fatemi, Imogen Clendinning, Xi Jin, and Racquel Rowe

Curated by Yijing Li

Exhibition: June 26 – July 10, 2025

Hybrid Panel Discussion: Thursday, June 26 from 4:30-5:30pm

In-person: Digital Creativity Lab, VAC 137E or Zoom link

Reception: Thursday, June 26 from 5:30pm-7pm

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How do we unbecome what the world has asked of us?

Becoming Otherwise is not a destination but a process—a call to question what has been imposed, and to imagine new ways of being. Becoming Otherwise brings together the voices of six artists—Soheila Esfahani, Jessica Karuhanga, Imogen Clendinning, Behnaz Fatemi, Xi Jin, and Racquel Rowe—whose works trace ruptures and gestures of resistance woven through the fabric of the everyday. Through acts of disruption, reclamation, and poetic reconfiguration, these artists reimagine identity amidst ongoing legacies of displacement and erasure. Their practices transform personal and collective memory into sites of resistance and renewal, where identity is made, remade, and continuously unfolding.

We are not what they named us

Not in the borders they drew without our voice

We hold our root in the ruin

To unbecome the stories told for us

To gather fragments not as broken

But as constellation

To return

Not to the given

But to the long-forbidden

To our breath

Steady and sovereign

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JL Visual Arts Centre

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

Hillary and Me by je vivroie liement

Otherwise known as my ink buddy, and the girl whose back is featured in the tattoo series from awhile ago.

May 7 2013: OTHERWISE @ The Canopy Club (4) by Priten Vora

OTHERWISE supporting Papa Roach on The Connection tour, playing at The Canopy Club on May 7, 2013. These guys surprised the heck out of me with how good they were. Give them a look if you haven't heard of them yet!

Highest ashtray by Hans