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Eros e Psiche. Abbraccio degli Amanti, Villa Romana del Casale (III-IV secolo d.C, Patrimonio UNESCO), Piazza Armerina, Sicilia
Ils ne sont pas fous ces Romains ! SPQR : Senatus Populusque Romanus (Le Sénat et le Peuple Romain)
Lido di Camaiore, Toscana, Italia
ROMA - SPQR
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SPQR è insieme una sigla e un simbolo che racchiude in sé le figure che rappresentano il potere della Repubblica romana: il Senato e il popolo, cioè le due classi dei patrizi e dei plebei che erano a fondamento dello Stato romano
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As in every great city, there is it's port. Ostia was the main port for Roma and it's empire (Imperium Romanum). Also as in any city of antiquity, as now theaters are a must. As for the shows, spectacles and crowds, it must have been amazing. Vareus culture's that mingling in this city are clearly visible in the impressive mosaics. Sort of like a modern day Manhattan. Numbers of people that have passed through the ages at this port. SPQR aeternum
… could have been about architecture. Or about Antinous. He seems to have had a keen interest in both.
… he probably got his ‘Faithful’ cognomen on account he kind of forced the deification of his predecessor and adopted father. Hadrian had had a few too many senators executed in his latter years to make that prospect very palatable to the Senate.
Sun starts setting on the eternal city, a grand movie line comes to mind.
There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it, and anything more than a whisper and it will vanished....
… should definitely be played by Ciàran Hinds if there’s ever a biopic or tv series :-)
Which will necessarily be short on historical facts, given we know surprisingly little from someone who was considered the most successful Roman emperor ever by his own contemporaries, and their descendants.
What’s left of his correspondence with Pliny the Younger gives an interesting insight into his thought process, especially regarding delegation of power. But the actual words and language are probably those of his Correspondence Secretary/ies.
… good looking fellow Tiberius :-) Since he didn’t succeed his adoptive father until the age of 55, this portrait was probably carved at an earlier time, possibly before his temporary and more or less self imposed exile to Rhodes.
At the time Rome’s most successful and celebrated general, Tiberius seemed to have had a very complex personality, a love/hate relationship with Augustus and a much troubled love life.
… which may be a cause for concern, given his somewhat checkered reputation :-)
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, or Antoninus on official business, lived in difficult times, and managed to grant full Roman citizenship to all free denizens of his empire, a momentous decision reaching at least a cool 30 millions, possibly more.
Granted, his motives were more likely fiscal than anything else, but still…
Rome's greatest architectural gift to the world, fully intact displaying the advancement in design and build of ancient Rome.
Anfiteatro Romano, Merida
Merida, Emerita Augusta- Founded as a Roman colony in the year 25 AC by order of Emperor Octavio Augusto to serve as a retreat for the veteran soldiers ( emeritus ) of the legions V Alaudae and X Gemina ; hence its Roman name of
Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla share some physiological and political traits.
Severus managed to bring some order to the period of anarchy that followed —or more likely predated – the demise of Commodus, of ‘Gladiator’ fame. He showed some talent at keeping at least some of the Roman aristocracy on side, while really establishing what was more or less a military dictatorship.
His son Lucius Septimius Bassianus, better known as Caracalla, didn’t hesitate in having his brother murdered upon co-inheriting power from his dad, and dispensed with the niceties of keeping part of the aristocracy on side. He had a most profound influence on the Roman world by extending citizenship to all of its freeborn denizens, but the lack of support for his autocracy outside the military led to his eventual assassination on a Syrian road, as well as an atrocious reputation that survives to this day.
Archeological park of Pompeii, where time stood still. Aug 79 AD obliterated and buried underneath massive pyroclastic surges and ashfall deposits, form an eruption that reached the stratosphere. Burying Pompeii in a time capsule.
Nel rione VIII di Sant’Eustachio, che ha come simbolo un cervo, l’architetto romano fece costruire la Fontana dei Libri che si trova in via degli Staderari.
La Fontana dei Libri, costituita interamente in travertino, è situata dentro una nicchia incorniciata da un arco a tutto sesto con l’iscrizione S.P.Q.R. e presenta una testa di cervo fra quattro libri antichi, due per ciascun lato e collocati su due mensole laterali di marmo, mentre l’acqua fuoriesce da due cannelle a forma di segnalibro e cade in parte nella sottostante vasca semicircolare ed in parte direttamente sul selciato. Simbolicamente, tutti gli elementi presenti nella Fontana dei Libri hanno un significato ben preciso nella storia del rione. Il cervo, ad esempio, si trova anche sul timpano della Chiesa di Sant’Eustachio e ricorda l’evento della conversione al Cristianesimo di Eustachio, generale romano, a cui apparve un cervo con una croce luminosa fra le corna. I libri, d’altro canto, rappresentano l’antica Università della Sapienza che si trova nel palazzo a cui è addossata la fontanella. Una piccola curiosità che noterete osservando il centro della fontana: in verticale vi è incisa l’indicazione del nome del rione e, in orizzontale, il relativo riferimento numerico
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In the VIII district of Saint Eustace, which is symbolized by a deer, the Roman architect built the Fountain of Books located in Via degli Staderari.
The Fountain of Books, consists entirely of travertine, it is located in a niche framed by an arch with the inscription S.P.Q.R. and it presents a deer's head between four ancient books, two on each side and placed on two marble side shelves, while the water flows out by two spouts shaped bookmark and falls partly in the underlying semi-circular tank and in part directly on the pavement . Symbolically, all the items in the Fountain of Books have a specific meaning in the history of the district. The deer, for example, is also located on the gable of the Church of Saint Eustace and recalls the event of conversion to Christianity eustachian, Roman general, who appeared a deer with a glowing cross between its horns. Books, on the other hand, represent the ancient University of Wisdom which is in the building to which it is set against the fountain. A little curiosity you'll notice by looking at the center of the fountain: vertically there is engraved an indication of the ward name and, horizontally, its numeric reference
« Possis nihil Urbe Roma visere maius »
« Tu non potrai mai vedere nulla più grande di Roma »
(Orazio, Carmen saeculare, 11-12)
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De nombreux monuments romains et les enseignes militaires étaient gravées des initiales « SPQR ». Ce signe signifie « Senatus PopulusQue Romanus », c'est-à-dire « le Sénat et l'assemblée du peuple romain ». Ces lettres témoignaient de l'autorité de Rome, en établissant la légitimité fondée sur la citoyenneté et le Sénat, et attestaient de la pérennité des institutions à un point tel que Polybe en était béat d'admiration ; la puissance romaine était alors exaltée dans tout l'Empire. Cette inscription sur les emblèmes des armées romaines permet de rappeler qu'elles doivent agir au nom du sénat et du peuple romain et non au profit de leur général, comme elles ont pu le faire au premier siècle.L'assemblée du peuple romain était composée de nombreux comices par l'intermédiaire desquels le peuple dans son entier était représenté.
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Roma, Parco degli Acquedotti
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"Il nome deriva dalla presenza in elevato o sotterranea di sette acquedotti romani e papali che rifornivano l'antica Roma: Anio Vetus (sotterraneo), Marcia, Tepula, Iulia e Felice (sovrapposti), Claudia e Anio Novus (sovrapposti). Rappresenta il residuo di un tratto di campagna romana che originariamente si estendeva senza interruzioni tra Roma e i Colli Albani."
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