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The Pietà (1498–1499) by Michelangelo is a marble sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the first of a number of works of the same subject by the artist. The statue was commissioned by the French cardinal Jean de Billheres, who was a representative in Rome. The statue was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century. This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion. The model is the nordic one, which Michelangelo assimilates and elaborates in a personal way. It takes to the extreme the Renaissance ideal of classical harmony, beauty and restraint.

This Fontana di Trevi is the most imposing, scenographic and artistically worthy of all fountains not only in Rome. In the centre is a coach in the form of a shell pulled by two sea-horses driven by two tritons from which a majestic statue representing the Ocean emerges. The whole group was carved in marble by Pietro Bracci. To the side of the niches is the "Salubrity" on the right and "Abundance" on the left, both works by Filippo Valle. The large basin built on street level symbolises the sea and it is here that tourists throw their coins to wish themselves a pleasant return to the "Eternal City". Legend tells that, throwing a coin over the right shoulder, one will return again to Rome.

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Entertainment and fun for the Roman people

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By the end of the republic, the manner and timing of policy change totally. The people can no longer participate in the management of public affairs and the power is pretty much everything in the hands of the emperor. That is why the people retains its own latent power, an influence which will appear repeatedly threatening the Empire with violent rebellions.To ensure that the people is satisfied, the emperor had to take care of supply in the city and not had to miss the shows. And the show in Rome means above all gladiators and chariots, racing with horses, a passion for the Romans.

The Flavian Amphitheater or Colosseum and the Circus Maximus were the two largest buildings constructed for the show in Rome. The Circus Maximus alone could hold up to 385,000 spectators. The crowd cheered the performances, enjoyed and was satisfied by the representations, the fighting of the gladiators, the hunting exotic animals, the races of chariots ...
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THE LANGUAGE IN ANCIENT ROME ... THE LATIN

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The Latin was to be read and discussed throughout the Roman Empire. The influence of ancient Rome is still felt today in literature, architecture, art, medicine, engineering and modern languages. The influence on the current languages begin from the alphabet that the Romans developed and used spreading it throughout the lands they conquered. The letters in capitals that the Romans used are the same that we use ourselves and we read today. The main changes there were in medieval times when, for example, the letter V is divided into U, V and W. Already in 300 AD, the scribes worked out the characters creating the style italic.

From this alphabet arose a powerful language as solid as the Roman buildings: the Latin. Latin is a language designed with precision, it can be compared to a true work of art which is why it is taught for centuries in Western schools, at least until a few years ago, where not only those who studied classical languages had the opportunity to learn this important language. To know the Latin is not just to be able to read Horace, but it helps to understand the mechanisms that underlie the Italian language and many other languages.

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Villas in Rome

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Villa Corsini

The villa, which belonged to Riario, hosted Bramante, Michelangelo and Queen Christina of Sweden, who changed it into the '600 in a coterie of writers. In 1736, when they were the owners of the Villa Corsini, Ferdinando Fuga extends it to house the library and art collection of the family. The rich library of over 30 thousand volumes, is now guarded by the Accademia dei Lincei, of which was member Galileo, while the art collection constitue today the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica. The garden, with entrance from Largo Cristina di Svezia 24, is home to the Botanical Garden, filled with 7,000 plant species.

Villa Farnesina

The villa, located in Lungara road, is notable mainly for the Renaissance building and the many works of art it contains. It was commissioned by the Agostino Chigi of Siena, who became treasurer of Pope Julius II, Baldassarre Peruzzi in the early '500. A true patron, Chigi surrounded himself with numerous artists, including Raphael, creator of the frescoes with scenes of the loggia inspired by the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Of Raphael is the Triumph of Galatea, the nymph fresco depicting a chariot-shaped shell. The villa, now houses the Accademia dei Lincei and the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints.

Villa Doria Pamphili

The villa, which became in 1971 the largest public park in the city, is frequented by lovers of jogging and dog owners. The oldest nucleus, at 183 Via Aurelia Antica, is the Villa Vecchia, already existed when Panfilo Pamphili bought in 1630. The new villa was built between 1644 and 1652 by Algardi and Grimaldi, when he was Pope Innocent X Pamphili. The richly frescoed rooms of the villa, which were accessed from Via Aurelia 111, were decorated with a collection of statues, now in the Capitoline Museums. Changes and enlarged the house and new construction is continued in the nineteenth century. After the war the Roman Republic of 1849, the villa was joined at Villa Corsini and the entrance in Via di Porta San Pancrazio became the main one.

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The Education in Ancient Rome

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Education, like many other aspects of life of the Romans, was linked to social class. Less well-off families could not afford to study their children, then, from early childhood, they devote themselves to work in the fields. However, in general, children learn the concepts necessary to the life of every day, especially relating to agriculture and livestock.

From the wealthiest families, the children were initiated by the father, reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic and history. These was the fundamental concepts, functional to everyday life and inspired by the famous Roman pragmatism. The story was passed down orally from father to son. The poem was not studied, nor were the Latin poets, if anything, within the patrician families, the boys learned the greek and the Greek lyric. Scarce notions of medicine:
the diseases, according to the ancient Romans, were caused by the gods, so they had to go for the cure! When not studying, the boys went to work in the fields, following the path of their ancestors. The formation of the boy completed in the army. At the age of sixteen the boys were called upon to provide, for several years, service in the army, indispensable to access to public career.

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The Roman Roads

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One of the reasons that have made great the ancient Rome is the ability of its engineers, architects and laborers to build roads. The Romans began to build long straight roads for military, political and commercial aims.

The first roads were created spontaneously and they were named after the cities to which they led.In the Republican period, under the rule of the Consuls, the construction of roads was primarily with military function.Were built long roads heading to remote regions to moves easily and quickly the Roman army. These streets were named mainly with the names of censors and consuls who realized it.

It was not so expensive to build these roads because Rome soldiers were employed to build them. The consuls and censors deciding when and where to build a road and this was accomplished with very high standards for it to last forever ...

Some of the most famous Romans roads are:

Via Appia
Via Emilia
Via Flaminia
Via Salaria

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The Roman emperor

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The Roman emperor is the head of the Roman state from 27 BC, when the Senate gave Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus the agnomen of Augustus. The term derives from the Latin "imperator", the title was originally full of religious meaning and subsequently awarded to victorious generals and contains within it the reference to the Imperium. Starting from Julius Caesar that title to be added, as praenomen, to the personal name of the most powerful man in Rome. The emperor was supreme ruler of Rome and supreme commander of the Roman legions and it emphasises the strong links between the ruler and the army (on whose support the ruler's power depended), and does not discriminate between the style of rule in different phases of the Empire.
The first emperor ruled Rome after years of fighting between rival leaders. His name was Octavian. He took a new name, Augustus, when he became Emperor in 27 B.C. Augustus brought peace after years of fighting. The Emperor had a troop of special soldiers to protect him. They were called the Praetorian Guard.

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Walking Tour of the Imperial Fora, the Trajan's Markets and the Colosseum

You will meet the English-speaking guide in Piazza Venezia.The tour of Ancient Rome begins with the visit of the marvellous Imperial Fora. The Imperial forums of Rome are one of the most famous Roman monuments in the world. During Your stay here in the Eternal City You’ll meet tourists from all 5 continents.

The Imperial Forums are the enlargement of the Roman forums; this extension was necessary because the then existing forums were not big enough to absorb the number of visitors but also to give more importance to the social, financial and political centre of the Caput Mundi. The Imperial Forums consist of the Trajan’s markets, the Trajan’s Forum, the Forum of Augustus and the Forum of Caesar. The Trajan markets were created in the beginning of the 2nd century A.D. and served as a state magazine for food and as a place for its distribution and sale. The Trajan's Forum is the youngest and largest of the Imperial forums and consisted of a rectangular space, in whose centre stood an equestrian statue that showed Trajan.

The Forum of Augustus is bounded by a wall of tuff and Peperin, to delineate it from the Quarters of the population of Subura, a roman district. The place of the forum was framed by two rows of pillars, at the end stood the majestic temple of Mars Ultor.The Forum of Caesar was the first of the Imperial Fora and consisted of a rectangular space which was circumstanced with rows of pillars. In the West, the place was bounded by the Temple of Venus Genetrix, the mother of Aeneas, ancestor of the Julian dynasty. The Forum of Nerva (also called Transitorium - Transitional Forum) was begun by the Domitian and inaugurated of his successor, the Emperor Nerva, after his death. It consists of a long and narrow space, which is surrounded by a colonnade from Peperin blocks and which concludes with the entrance to the temple of the goddess Minerva. The Forum of Piece was created in the 71 AD by the Emperor Vespasian, to celebrate the Peace after the Civil War and to commemorate the end of the war against the Jews. At the end of the Via dei Fori Imperiali you will find the Coliseum, the greatest wonder of Roman civilization. The ancient splendour of the amphitheatre can still be admired thanks to its imposing remains.

They were Jewish prisoners, who built this immense Amphitheatre, whose true name is the “Flavian Amphitheatre” (it was commonly called the Coliseum because of its vicinity to the Colossus of Nero). The Coliseum became the symbol of Rome and their habitants; there is hardly a page of the history, which isn’t connected in some way to the Amphitheatre. The tour will end at the Circus Maximus.

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Romolo and Remo and the Foundation of Rome

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Romolo and Remo are, in the tradition of Roman mythology, twin brothers, one of whom, Romulus, was the eponymous founder of Rome and its first king. The founding date is given by tradition to 21 April 753 BC (also called Christmas in Rome and day Palila). According to legend, they were sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia (or "Rhea Silvia"), descendants of Aeneas.
This story has always been deemed as a fable dating back to the period between the fourth and third centuries BC. For many critics the city of Rome was actually founded only one hundred and fifty years later, at the time of King Tarquinius (late seventh century BC). However, on the Palatine hill, during the exploratory work, it was found the Lupercale, a local underground of Roman times, roughly 15 meters away from the foundations of the villa of Augustus. This structure could then be identified with the cave where the two legendary sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia, were suckled by the legendary wolf.

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