What did the ancient Romans wear on their feet? That’s what Anna asked herself. Drawing on stimuli from the impressive Roman ruins of “Urbs Salvia”, she tried to find an answer taking into consideration the fact that the Romans covered far more ground on foot compared with most people these days. In order to walk [...]
Hadrian’s Wall: top 6 sights along England’s most famous ruin
January 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards Where can you wander alongside the ghosts of Roman soldiers at garrison towns, ancient temples and crumbling forts? Step back in time nearly 2000 years by exploring Hadrian’s Wall along England’s wild northern frontier. The wall crosses a sublime, historic landscape that is still giving up the secrets of the region’s [...]
The Colosseum in Rome
June 18, 2011 by
About one-thousand-nine-hundred-twenty years ago, the greatest ancient times amphitheater was built in Rome, The Colosseum is considered an architectural and engineering wonder, and its remnants remain to be a standing proof of both the magnificence and the cruelty of the Roman world. The Colosseum in Rome was originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, and is [...]
Fall of Rome – Decline from the Roman Empire
June 16, 2011 by
Depending on the Myth, Rome was founded during BC 753 by Romulus a son of Mars and first king of Rome, deified as Quirinus: he and his twin brother Remus, left as infants to die inside the banks of Tiber, are suckled by a she-wolf. There are sculptures in Rome depicting this. A brief history [...]
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