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ETERNAL CITY: ROME. PART I

According to an ancient legend, the eternal city of Rome, Italy was founded on April 21, 753 BC., by twin brothers Romulus and Remus, sons of Rhea Silvia, who was a descendant of Aeneas, a Trojan hero. Aeneas was aided by his mother, the goddess Venus, in his flight from Troy to the Lazio regionContinue reading “ETERNAL CITY: ROME. PART I”

THE ESSENTIALS IN ROME: THE COLOSSEUM, THE PALATINE HILL AND THE FORUMS

“Rome will exist as long as the Colosseum exists; when the Colosseum falls, Rome will fall; when Rome falls, so will the World” a clergyman once said. Perhaps centuries have passed since the official date, 476, in which the Roman Empire ceased to exist, but its essence is still noticeable in the lands that wereContinue reading “THE ESSENTIALS IN ROME: THE COLOSSEUM, THE PALATINE HILL AND THE FORUMS”