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The Obelisks of Rome

Rome is truly the synthesis of the entire ancient world: the arches and domes derived from the Etruscans, the column styles from the Greeks, the obelisks from the Egyptians. The word obelisk comes from the Greek word Obelos meaning ‘skewer, a petrified sunray’ and was used as a sundial by measuring the length of theContinue reading “The Obelisks of Rome”

Forum of Peace

In 70-75 AD. at the end of the civil wars for the succession to the Empire and the bloody repression of the Jewish revolt, the Emperor Vespasian built a sanctuary dedicated to Peace called the Forum of Peace consisting of a large square with porticoes. The complex became part of the five Imperial Forums, theContinue reading “Forum of Peace”