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  1. Cracks threaten Rome's majesty

    in Archaeological News: Rome

    Posted

    It is only recently that the government have started to charge for entry into the ancient monuments, however - a charge that is long overdue in my opinion. For years entry to the Forum Romanum was free, as was the Colosseum et al. More modern monuments (for instance, Keats' house at the Spanish Steps) carried a charge for upkeep, but the ancient ruins did not.

     

    Precisely. A vast part of the forums can still be visited for free. Entrance to the Pantheon is free, same for the majority of the paleochristian basilicas in the city, whose interiors hide many imperial columns, marbles and decorations (columns and marbles from the baths of Caracalla were re-used in many paleochristian basilicas, for example) and important mosaics from the IV-V-VI century.

    Free entrance to S.Peter's basilica (I was charged

  3. Smoking ban in England

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    As from 1st July 2007 smoking in England will be banned in all public places, this means you will be able to go into any bar in the U.K have afew drinks and not come out smelling like an ashtray :clapping:

     

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...01/nsmoke01.xml

    I agree, it was about time! This ban was introduced last year in Italy and things improved, although the passive smoke problem here was not so acute.

    My boyfriend is English, we're both non-smokers and he definitely favoured this decision.

    As Paulinus said earlier, there's nothing horrible about making people go outside to enjoy a fag.

    Here we have non-smoking pubs with small smoking areas/corners, usually outside; it could avoid the "ghettoisation" of smokers in smoker-only pubs.

  8. Love is a many splendored thing

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted · Edited by Silentium

    1. O Sole Mio - Enrico Caruso

    2. O Marenariello - Bruno Venturi

    3. Finesta Basia - Luciano Pavoritti

    4. Surriento - Forgot who.

     

     

    :)

     

    De Curtis XD

     

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    After pondering the question for but a short moment, I have this nagging feeling that it's too broad of a question. It depends on what kind of love...

     

    For instance:

     

    Puppy Love? (first butterflies)

    Salacius Love? (disguised lust)

    Romantic Love? (reafirmation of feelings)

    Anguished Love? (re-wooing a lost lover, lamenting a lost lover, etc..)

    I agree. Anyway, one of my favourites is Lovesong by the Cure.

     

    -edit - I forgot "There is a light that never goes out" by the Smiths

  12. Roman Ruins

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted · Edited by Silentium

    Ok, the first (?) is the Roman Theatre of Ostia Antiqua, not the one in Pompeii =) (and so this one http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1345 ).

    The second (?) looks like Ostia too, the Pompeii(?) were taken in Pompeii.

    The Rome(?) ones are in fact in Roma lol, the pictures with the statues were taken in the Atrium Vestae, the house of the Vestali. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1326

     

    http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1336

    Yes, of course that's Roma O_O

     

    This is the Perseo di Benvenuto Cellini in Florence!! ---> http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1309

     

    Oh, and this is Venice (San Marco), not Florence =) no laguna (yet) in Florence :lol:

    http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...si&img=1308

  13. Hub Of Etruscan Civilisation Found

    in Archaeological News: Rome

    Posted

    I stopped by an old Etruscan burial ground when I was near Trevignano Romano a few weeks ago, very cool. I wish I had taken some pics

    That's a very interesting area, Etruscan tombs, neolithic villages and the Orsini castle (not to mention the other medieval ruins in Trevignano itself and Anguillara).

     

    Yea it would absolutely a great discovery. Where did they find that? Etruria?

    Umbria, central Italy.

  16. Tut! Tut!

    in Arena

    Posted

    Frankly Silentium, your written English is far better than most native speakers. I wouldn't be concerned if I were you.

    Well, that's very nice to hear, thank you!=) I still think I wouldn't be able to express what I really have in mind in discussions that require more specific vocabulary and arguments, unless I used the dictionary every other second lol. For the time being it would be better to just read them (and learn). Anyway I usually do participate when I feel confident enough. =)

     

    I am not a native english speaker, but that's never stopped me from twaddling along here! ;)

    Tu es imperator, sed ego aquilifer sum :hammer:

  18. Tut! Tut!

    in Arena

    Posted

    Well, I deliberately avoid participating in discussions (err..sections actually :) ) that would require a certain level of English, I think non-native speakers should understand themselves when their contributions would be comprehensible and relevant to the discussion and when they would just be misunderstood because of their poor skills with the language - not the other way round, native speakers trying to figure out what us foreigners write- :) this is an English language forum after all.

  19. Hub Of Etruscan Civilisation Found

    in Archaeological News: Rome

    Posted

    Of course this is just Bordo's hypothesis and I'm not claiming he's right, I just wanted to add his version in addition to the "official" one. I hope what I wrote makes sense in English.

     

    Perfect sense,

     

    Thank you so much for the insight Silentium!

     

    Well, I'm glad it was of interest (and comprehensible). :)

    Apparently we will have to wait next summer's excavations to determine with precision the nature of the site (and hopefully confirm the news), at least that's what Simonetta Stopponi said.

  23. Hub Of Etruscan Civilisation Found

    in Archaeological News: Rome

    Posted · Edited by Silentium

    Archaeologists believe that they have found the ruins of the religious and political centre of the Etruscan civilisation. The Etruscans lived in the area between Rome and Florence from the 8th century BC until they were absorbed by Romans about 600 years later.

     

    full article at the Times Online

    A famous expert of "etruscology", Omero Bordo, dismissed the news and said what was mistaken for the Fanum Voltumnae (ansa called it the Etruscan UN =)) is probably just a Lucumone (sort of supreme magistrate) tomb, or his family tomb. He explained that the location (today's Campo della Fiera) would be unusual for such an important place; according to him it would have been more reasonable to find the Fanum (of whose existence Bordo highly doubts) in important cities such as Tarquinia or Volterra...

    Secondly, the etruscans considered the eternal sleep as sacred so according to Bordo they wouldn't have placed so many tombs around such a busy and chaotic political centre.

    Moreover, the Fanum was the place where the concilia were held (in order to elect those who would have had the power) and apparently each Etruscan city had one. No unique political/religious centre then.

     

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    Of course this is just Bordo's hypothesis and I'm not claiming he's right, I just wanted to add his version in addition to the "official" one. I hope what I wrote makes sense in English.

  24. Translation, Please

    in Lingua Latina

    Posted

    Anima vivimus, animus sentimus

    nice sentence Silentium! Who did say it?

    Gianbattista Vico :P my interest in the anima/animus difference was sparked when I ventured into the study of Descartes.

     

    Anyway, I realised how incomprehensible my previous post sounds so I'll try to make it a bit clearer.

     

    Anima Aeterna and Animus Aeternus are both possible, the first one would be more appropriate when referring to soul (in my opinion), the second when referring to "spirit", "thinking principle" opposed to the body.

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