Silentium

You are a Linguistic thinker: Tend to think in words, and like to use language to express complex ideas. Are sensitive to the sounds and rhythms of words as well as their meanings. Other Linguistic Thinkers include William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Anne Frank Careers which suit Linguistic thinkers include Journalist, Librarian, Salesperson, Proof-reader, Translator, Poet, Lyricist You are a Musical thinker: Tend to think in sounds, and may also think in rhythms and melodies Are sensitive to the sounds and rhythms of words as well as their meanings. Feel a strong connection between music and emotions Other Musical Thinkers include Mozart, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix Careers which suit Musical Thinkers include Musician, Music teacher, Sound engineer, Recording technician

I'm a 19 year old student (currently trying to get a degree in foreign languages) and I also work as a webmaster/webdesigner for a small company. What else..I have a natural inclination for mediocrity and one of my hobbies is making fun of italian politicians =)

When work and this semester examination is over I'll be able to rest (hopefully). I usually spend a week in a European capital every year, and when I'm back I simply stay here, trying to find peace in some park in the city or in the villages in the suburbs; it's not boring cause there are always new cultural events popping up here and there, like concerts and even plays at the baths of caracalla just to mention some, so I don't complain. On weekends I try to go to tuscany as often as I can.

Well, if that includes driving on an italian motorway then I did lol =) otherwise no, I'm not into extreme sports and things like that Luck came over for a cup of tea 10 years ago and I haven't seen her ever since lol

That looks great that's also one of my fav. songs by Led Zeppelin..and the kitties!! Priceless

My 13th birthday was on Friday 13th. I am VERY superstitious about that number (cat ate my breakfaaaaaast, friends forgot my birthdaaaaay, cake didn't arriiiiiive, got banned from swimming over a misunderstandinnnnnng....) Actually here 13 is a lucky number, whereas 17 is the unlucky one. This shows how inconsistent superstitions are..I remember I used to walk under ladders on purpose to annoy certain superstitious people (and looks like nothing bad happened after that )

Spiteful Loner You are 100% Rational, 0% Extroverted, 100% Brutal, and 0% Arrogant. You are the Spiteful Loner, the personality type that is most likely to go on a shooting rampage. You are a rational person and tend to hold emotions in very low-esteem; not only that, but you are also rather introverted, meaning you probably bury any emotions you feel deep inside yourself. Combine these traits with your hatred of others and your brutality, and it seems that you would be quite likely to shoot innocent people in a rampage. Not only that, but you are also a very humble person--not a braggart at all--meaning you could possibly have low-self esteem. This is only yet one more incentive to go on a shooting rampage, because you wouldn't care if you died as a result. Granted, you probably haven't gone on a shooting rampage and probably never will, but all the motivations are there. In conclusion, your personality is defective because you are too introverted, brutal, insecure, and rather unemotional. No wonder no one hangs around you, you morbid, cold-hearted freak! o_O

I've been there a couple of times. Yes, it's in a "town" called Tivoli and it's simply amazing, it's not a case if the Villa is under the Unesco "protection". In addition to the various buildings there are also wonderful mosaics and pavements in opus sectile and opus spicatum, I don't know where to start describing it, it's huge (even bigger than Pompeii) and it's a suggestive place.

same!! =D lol I mean, I'm sorry for the poor toads but that's just too funny

I already visited that site a year ago while researching for a paper, it contains valid info. I recently read a book by C.Hermann -in French though- called

I'm a bit late =) this is what we call "natalis romae", that sounds like "Roman Christmas" (nothing to do with the Christian one of course =|). Yes, Rome's getting older hehe

Well, if you ever visit Pompeii, for instance, you will find out that doors and even beds were smaller. Our average height has increased over the centuries.

The list is endless, I really don't know where to start =| At the moment I guess my priority list is: Prague (was supposed to go there in august but I'll go to Paris instead, thanks to my democratic friends) Berlin (+Regensburg) Mont Saint Michel (France) Stokholm

oops, I totally forgot to reply to this thread Germanicus, I

I don't remember who said it but I remember a sentence from a roman philosopher that used to say "non omnis moriar", that sounds like "we won't die completely". I like to agree with this idea, just not to fall into discomfort thinking that my soul will die with the rest of me

I agree, unless someone else is voted (or even Ratzinger himself decides to use his votes on someone else) I think Tettamanzi is the only one competitor. On the other hand Ratzinger is more influent..hmm..so far the smoke coming out was black, meaning that no decision has been taken yet. Only time will tell. ----------------------- Edit - Habemus Papam..Ratzinger

It's hard to tell what the Roman feeling about dogs is, since Roma has 3 million inhabitants; it also depends on the area of the city you saw these dogs in. Mine for instance is sleeping peacefully in his own bed and he's on the best way to obesity lol and so are most dogs in my neighbourhood. I'm not denying the fact that many people abandone their pets but I think that happens all over the world, not just in Roma.

I've always been surrounded by history and was simply curious to know where I came from, what the things that surrounded me were and why they were there. You just can't walk past a statue or a certain building and ignore it or look at it and say "Oh, nice columns" and then go away. I guess it's part of my life. I think history should be taken the right way though, I remember of reading something by Nietzsche in german literature about this subject that really hit me, it's called "Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie f

The statue was taken somewhere else, it will probably be exposed in the "musei capitolini" or the museum of the domus quintilii itself, then I will probably be able to take a picture of it. In the meanwhile I'm posting a picture of the excavations area, sorry for the bad quality but there was a terrible weather and no sun yesterday in Rome =| Domvs Quintilii

We have a "cat sanctuary" in largo Argentina, the cats are free to live between the ruins and some people feed them and take care of them. They're so cute <3

Today the statue of a woman was found during excavations in the area of domus quintilii, the statue is huge, I'll try to post a picture soon.

Thanks, I'll be glad to do that, hoping that my English is clear enough :mellow: lol

Yes, I forgot to mention that. The Doli are enormous, approximately 1 metre tall, the pot in the background that you can't really see from the picture is one of the biggest and it is perfectly intact. I wanted to take a clear picture without any people in the background but it's impossible because Ikea is always crowded..so I had to cut parts of the picture. As far as the building goes I have no clue about its size because it is currently buried under Ikea,I have only seen a drawing that shows how the warehouse was supposed to look like originally. There's another site at about 500 metres from where the doli were found but it seems more recent, late imperial period. I'm still trying to gather information about it before posting the picture.

Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of people who are coming to Rome for one last goodbye to the Pope, and actually even before the announcement of his death pilgrims started to flood the streets of the city to pray for him. It was a hit for Rome, the romans were affectioned to Karol Wojtyla, whether they were catholic or not, what happened left a huge sense of loss among the italians. The red cross is doing its best to give assistence to the people who are waiting outside S.Peter's basilica (there was a neverending queue in Via della Conciliazione, the road that takes to the city of Vatican) and I'm sure there won't be any incidents. As far as security goes..well, we are currently waiting for over 200 heads of state from all over the world as the funeral will take place on friday; there are over 15.000 highly specialized agents from the italian special forces who will take care of security, -in addition to normal polizia and carabinieri- the skies will be controlled by several "caccia" (military planes..don't know how to translate that in English) because there's the possibility that these people will be taken to the vatican with helycopters since taking them by car is considered a bit too risky. I think S.P.Q.R. arranged everything in the best way, there shouldn't be any problems. Traffic in Rome is even worse than usual, I think it's impossible to circulate regularly at least in the centre of the city. The metro (underground) is so crowded that most people decided to get off at station Termini and get to the vatican by feet (distance is like 4 kilometres..). It is totally impossible to continue by underground from there anyway. There were so many people that you couldn't even obliterate your ticket, so they decided to make people travel for free, to avoid further complications. I won't mention the car..traffic is too intense, and sometimes you just can't circulate because of the crowd. I managed to get to university and then to work after a real odissey..on the other hand I didn't dare take the car. What everyone is wondering at the moment is where all these people will sleep. Almost every hotel in the centre is full, the roman authorities are suggesting to move in the suburbs and book rooms there, but of course that implies additional costs for transportation. In any case I hope this won't lead to a hotel emergency or something. Add that we just had regional elections on sunday (with all the controversies that go with it..) and you get what this week has been like for a roman.

A great spirit..addio Giovanni