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Tag Archives: Rome
Celts best Romans
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 1 November 2013 Vae victis! Woe to the vanquished! Remark attributed to the Celtic leader Brennus … Continue reading
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Tagged 390 BC, Brennus, Celts, Italy, Rome, vae victis, Woe to the vanquished
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You get the government you deserve
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 23 December 2012 “Venalis populus, venalis curia patrum” “The government are shits, but so are the … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Politics
Tagged Petronius Arbiter, Petronius Aribtier, Rome, Specimen Belli Civilis
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SPQR
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Rome, 26 May 2012 Everywhere you go in Rome you come across the abbreviation SPQR. You … Continue reading
Posted in Italy
Tagged Campidoglio, Cicero, Livy, Michelangelo, Palazzo Senatorio, Rome, SPQR
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Love town
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Rome, 25 May 2012 R A O = M M … Continue reading
Shopping trolley in Campus Martius
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Rome, 23 May 2012 Seen on a poster on a wall in the Via del Corallo … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Italy, Religion
Tagged Catholicism, consumerism, Rome, winter solstice, Zen Buddhism, Zenit
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Urbi et Orbi
8 April 2012 Easter Sunday URBI ET ORBI In terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis Romae. In sua oratione pascuali hodie pro multitudine centum milium fidelium, in foro Vaticano, Papa Benedictus XVI incitavit pacem in terra atque finem caedis, praecipue in … Continue reading
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