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REGIONE LAZIO
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REGIONE LAZIO
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Sirmio! of Islands and Peninsulas
Eyelet, and whatsoe'er in limpid meres
And vasty Ocean either Neptune owns,
Thy scenes how willing-glad once more I see,
At pain believing Thynia and the Fields
Bithynian left, I'm safe to sight thy Site.
Oh what more blessèd be than cares resolved,
When mind casts burthen and by peregrine
Work over wearied, lief we hie us home
To lie reposing in the longed-for bed!
This be the single meed for toils so triste.
Hail, O fair Sirmio, in thy lord rejoice:
And ye, O' waves of Lybian Lake be glad,
And laugh what laughter pealeth in my home.
Catullus. Carmina.
Luna marble.
Roman copy of the late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE after a Greek bronze original by Polykleitos of the 5th century BCE.
H. 212 cm.
Inv. No. 6011.
“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” - David Russell
Beautiful reflection of Ponte Sisto on the River Tiber in Rome. The bridge connects Via dei Pettinari in the Rione of Regola to Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere and was constructed between 1473 and 1479.
The Flavian Palace (Domus Flavia) pictured here is the most intact portion of what remains of the vast palace of Domitian on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It was completed by the Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus in AD 92. Domitian was the last of the Flavian dynasty but the palace continued to be used until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476.
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Some more time-travelling at the weekend while out and about with dad. From 1822 at the hand-cut Falkirk canal tunnel back to 142 AD or thereabouts, walking a stretch of the Antonine Wall (which stretches across Scotland and actually runs through moments from my family home, so I grew up by this).
Look now and at first you could easily assume these dips and rises are natural, if a little regular for nature. But this was once the great barrier of the Antonine Wall, the defensive line marking the northernmost boundary of the mighty Roman Empire, You can see the defensive ditch Romans would usually create around forts, camps and walls on one side, the line of the actual wall (turf and wood mostly, unlike Hadrian's Wall further south), behind the line of the wall a clear pathway that was, 1800 years ago, a straight Roman Road connecting all the fortifications along the wall, allowing troops and supplies to be moved as required.
The town I grew up in as a fort in the Antonine Wall, so I grew up with this history, it made it come alive for me, it wasn't something that happened far away and distant in time, it was right there moments from our garden gate. On this day dad and I took a stroll in the Scottish countryside, but we also marched along the high wall where Roman Legionaries patrolled, ever on guard to protect the Empire from the Barbarians. You can't go more than a few miles in Scotland without tripping over history.
Quo Vadis.
REGIONE LAZIO
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Standing around 75 feet high, Hadirian's Arch makes an impressive entrance to the ancient Roman city of Jerash
We got a tour of the colosseum from the inside, at night. This was shot on a section of the arena floor that was reconstructed to show where the events took place in relation to the stands.
Warrior keeping guard of Capitolium. Ostia Antica (Porta di Ostia). This was an offering alter at the base of the Capitolium Temple Possibly for the legions before embarking on ship for military campaigns.
Completed in AD 80, the Roman Colosseum stands as a monument to the human capacity for regarding bloodlust and brutality as an entertainment. Routinely up to 50,000 spectators would fill the seats to watch the games in which men were pitted against men, men against beasts, and beasts against beasts. The main event could consist of contests to the death between gladiators or between gladiators and wild animals. These events could be huge in scale; Trajan is said to have celebrated his victories in Dacia in AD 107 with contests involving 11,000 animals and 10,000 gladiators over the course of 123 days. During breaks criminals condemned to death would be sent into the arena unarmed to be torn apart by wild animals.
The elliptical arena measured 83 metres by 48 metres and consisted of a heavy wooden floor covered with sand. Underneath was an elaborate network of tunnels and cages where gladiators and animals were held while waiting for the contests to begin.
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Ruins of Ancient Rome and the Colosseum in the background.
Taken in Rome, Italy.
Digitally developed with Raw Therapee and edited with GIMP.
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REGIONE LAZIO
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