
Be the first in the room — members see you arrive.
Join the room“When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.”
“Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.”
“The traveler who has contemplated the ruins of ancient Rome may conceive some imperfect idea of the sentiments which they must have inspired when they reared their heads in the splendor of unsullied beauty.”
“Never before has any city in the world had so a wonderful adventure. Its history is so big that even the huge crimes it is littered with look tiny. Maybe one of the troubles of Italy is exactly this: to have a capital city that is disproportionate, for name and past history, to the modesty of a people that, when shouting "go for it, Rome!", is only referring to a football team.”
“Septem urbs alta jugis, toti quæ præsidet orbi.”
“The teacher reminded us that Rome's liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly, gradually, furtively, little by little; first with a little corn and oil for the exceedingly poor and wretched, later with corn and oil for voters who were not quite so poor, later still with corn and oil for pretty much every man that had a vote to sell—exactly our own history over again.”
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En la religión romana antigua, Roma era una deidad femenina que personificaba la ciudad de Roma y, más ampliamente, el estado romano. Fue creada y promovida para representar y propagar ciertas ideas de Roma sobre sí misma, y para justificar su dominio. Fue retratada en monedas, esculturas, diseños arquitectónicos y en juegos y festivales oficiales. Las imágenes de Roma tenían elementos en común con otras diosas, como Minerva de Roma, su equivalente griega Atenea y varias manifestaciones de Tique griega, quien protegía las ciudades-estado griegas; entre estas, Roma se destaca dominante, sobre armas apiladas que representan sus conquistas, y prometiendo protección a los obedientes. Su iconografía "amazónica" muestra su "virtud varonil" (virtus) como madre feroz de una raza guerrera, aumentando en lugar de reemplazar a las diosas locales. En algunas monedas de la era imperial romana, se la muestra como una asesora serena, socia y protectora de los emperadores gobernantes. En Roma, el emperador Adriano construyó y dedicó un templo gigantesco a ella como Roma Aeterna, y a Venus Felix, enfatizando la naturaleza sagrada, universal y eterna del imperio.
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