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Rome's cuisine has evolved through centuries and periods of social, cultural, and political changes. Rome became a major gastronomical centre during the ancient age. Ancient Roman cuisine was highly influenced by Ancient Greek culture, and after, the empire's enormous expansion exposed Romans ...
Rome's cuisine has evolved through centuries and periods of social, cultural, and political changes. Rome became a major gastronomical centre during the ancient age. Ancient Roman cuisine was highly influenced by Ancient Greek culture, and after, the empire's enormous expansion exposed Romans to many new, provincial culinary habits and cooking techniques.Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits.The Metropolitan City of Rome, with a population of 4,355,725 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley.Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the City of Seven Hills due to its geographic location, and also as the "Eternal City".While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it a major human settlement for over three millennia and one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines.
Discover Wheel of the Exposed in Rome, Italy: An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.
Pope Innocent III’s dreams must have been troubled ones: the thought of floating and drowning babies in the Tiber River prompted him to put an end to the all-too-common practice of infant exposure ((infanticide by abandonment), which was rampant in 12th-century Rome.Children were registered in the archives with the expression filius m. ignotae, where the abbreviation m stood for mater (mother). Over time, this gave rise to a common insult in Rome, “filius mignotae”, where “mignotta” became a common slang word for a whore. The number of exposed infants is even said to have shocked Martin Luther, in his 1511 visit to Rome.
The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 after the city was conquered by the Ostrogothic Kingdom. Consequently, Rome's power declined, and it eventually became part of the Eastern Roman Empire, as the Duchy of Rome, from the 6th to 8th centuries.
The Sant'Omobono temple site dates to 7th–6th century BC, making these the oldest known temple remains in Rome. The city's name was long credited to the legendary culture hero Romulus. It was said that Romulus and his twin brother Remus were the offspring of the rape of an Alban princess by the war god Mars and, via their mother, were further descended from the Trojan prince Aeneas, supposed son of the Greek love goddess Aphrodite. Exposed on the Tiber, they were suckled by a she-wolf and raised by a shepherd and his wife.The struggle between the Popes and the emperor Frederick II, also king of Naples and Sicily, saw Rome support the Ghibellines. To repay his loyalty, Frederick sent to the commune the Carroccio he had won from the Lombards at the battle of Cortenuova in 1234, and which was exposed in the Campidoglio.The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced many modern legal systems.The Roman Republic, which commenced in 509 BC when kings were replaced with rule by elected magistrates. The period was marked by vast expansion of Roman territory. During the 5th century BC, Rome gained regional dominance in Latium.The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 after the city was conquered by the Ostrogothic Kingdom. Consequently, Rome's power declined, and it eventually became part of the Eastern Roman Empire, as the Duchy of Rome, from the 6th to 8th centuries.
Researchers have discovered what really led to the fall of the Roman Empire 1,500 years ago. The researchers looked at shipwreck data, population and trade to understand what ended the empire.
World's THINNEST mechanical watch is unveiled: Bulgari's Octo Finissimo Ultra is thinner than a 10p coin - and has an eye-watering £332,700 price tag Rome-based Bulgari spent three years developing the watch, which is crafted from sandblasted titanium as measures just 0.07 inches (1.8mm) thick.'The fall of the west also symbolized the decline of the city of Rome and other western trade cities and their hinterlands, and their subsequent reduction in population.'Martha Stewart slammed for her 'disappointing' behavior during Thanksgiving vacation in RomeIt's serious, then! Romeo Beckham gets a new 'Love Wins' tattoo on his thigh as he celebrates girlfriend Kim Turnbull's birthday David Beckham's son
The event's 10th edition closed after a record number of industry participants — from a record number of countries — traveled to the Eternal City.
The 10th edition of Rome’s MIA Market wrapped on Friday with organizers recording a 10% bump in attendance over the 2023 edition, welcoming more than 2,800 participants from 60 countries to the Eternal City for five days of pitching sessions, panel discussions and heated debates over the current state of and future prospects for the global film and TV industries.Italy’s film and TV market almost doubled over the past five years with investment in original content production reaching more than €2 billion ($2.16 billion) in 2023, according to a report presented by Italy’s TV producers’ association APA at Rome’s MIA Market.Though MIA delegates woke up to rainy skies over Rome on Friday, the clouds eventually parted, and the blue skies perhaps also signaled a hint of optimism for an industry recently rattled by recession, a global pandemic, corporate restructuring and last year’s Hollywood strikes.It’s only been a year since the industry gathered in Rome for the last MIA Market, but “we’ve seen some real shifts over the past 12 months,” said Turning Point CEO Carlo Dusi.
H. Bennett, The Exposure of Infants in Ancient Rome, The Classical Journal, Vol. 18, No. 6 (Mar., 1923), pp. 341-351
Volunteer Blog - Sheila Cadge This blog is part 3 of the women and reproduction blogs and it looks at newborns in the Roman world.
Eric Moody looks at how all the rookies performed during Week 9 of the NFL season.
The performances of Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze (15.4), Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers (15.5), Buffalo Bills running back Ray Davis (17.0) and Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (19.8) gave fantasy managers a big boost in their Week 9 matchups.Rome Odunze reached 100 yards through the air for the second time this season.
Archaeologists recently uncovered the largest building along Hadrian's Wall-an ancient bathhouse in Carlisle, thought to be linked to Emperor Severus.
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How often does "Gladiator II" star Denzel Washington think about the Roman Empire?
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The poet Ennius (ca. 239–169 BC) declared that "exposing naked bodies among citizens is the beginning of public disgrace (flagitium)," a sentiment echoed by Cicero that again links the self-containment of the body with citizenship. Roman attitudes toward nudity differed from those of the ...
The poet Ennius (ca. 239–169 BC) declared that "exposing naked bodies among citizens is the beginning of public disgrace (flagitium)," a sentiment echoed by Cicero that again links the self-containment of the body with citizenship. Roman attitudes toward nudity differed from those of the Greeks, whose ideal of masculine excellence was expressed by the nude male body in art and in such real-life venues as athletic contests.When statues of Roman generals nude in the manner of Hellenistic kings first began to be displayed, they were shocking not simply because they exposed the male figure, but because they evoked concepts of royalty and divinity that were contrary to Republican ideals of citizenship as embodied by the toga.One exception to public nudity was the baths, though attitudes toward nude bathing also changed over time. In the 2nd century BC, Cato preferred not to bathe in the presence of his son, and Plutarch implies that for Romans of these earlier times it was considered shameful for mature men to expose their bodies to younger males.The baring and beating of breasts ritually in grief was interpreted by Servius as producing milk to feed the dead. In Greek and Latin literature, mythological mothers sometimes expose their breasts in moments of extreme emotional duress to demand that their nurturing role be respected.Julius Caesar indicates that the gesture had a similar significance in Celtic culture: during the siege of Avaricum, the female heads of household (matres familiae) expose their breasts and extend their hands to ask that the women and children be spared. Tacitus notes Germanic women who exhorted their reluctant men to valorous battle by aggressively baring their breasts.
Like the first movie, Gladiator 2 has several elements that are based on real Roman history, but how much of the film actually happened?
As is the case with several of his allies and enemies, Lucius Verus is a Gladiator character based on real life. As they are set against the backdrop of ancient Rome, Gladiator and Gladiator 2 have often been at the center of explorations into how accurately they depict this setting.It was not only Gladiator 2's Emperors that existed in real life, but also characters like Lucius, Lucilla, and Macrinus. The former two were really mother and son in ancient Rome, yet Lucius Verus actually died at an incredibly young age, even before his uncle, Commodus, became the Roman Emperor.Gladiator 2 takes this even further, with Macrinus being Emperor for only a few moments until he is killed by Lucius. In real life, Macrinus reigned for just over a year and was known as the first Emperor who never visited Rome during his time in power, marking another difference between real history and Gladiator 2.Where the sharks are concerned, however, they were not part of ancient Rome's Colosseum battles, proving Gladiator 2's lack of historical accuracy in the film's more exaggerated moments. There was reportedly no way of transporting sharks into the Colosseum, though crocodiles were reportedly used for entertainment by the Romans.
After 24 years, Gladiator returns to cinemas with a mediocre sequel that's barely saved by Denzel Washington.
If you can make it in Rome, you can make it anywhere. Take, for example, Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal), the besandaled swordsman at the center of Ridley Scott's latest macho epic, Gladiator II. The year is 200 A.D., and Lucius sits pretty in coastal Numidia in northwest Africa.With Acacius' daring siege, Lucius' idyllic life is burned to the ground, and the woman he loves is killed. Enslaved and brought to Rome, Lucius' path is not exactly the fish-out-of-water story of a country bumpkin trying to make his way in the big city, but it kind of is.Gladiator II is set 16 years after the events that led to the deaths of both Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) and Maximus. Rome has undergone several changes in the wake of the former Caesar's demise. For one, Colosseum attendance is at an all-time low (perhaps the under-crowding has to do with the sequel's laxer sense of scale).At the same time, the ruling class has become pastier, generally more effete and hedonistic, and more susceptible to syphilitic madness. If one thing is not of interest to Rome's dual rulers and their cohort, it's maintaining even a semblance of good managerial acumen.
Ridley Scott's epic sequel starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington has been widely criticised for its historical inaccuracies.
The plot of Gladiator II centres on Lucius (Paul Mescal) – the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and Maximus (Russell Crowe) – who as a child was forced to leave Rome. Twenty years after the death of Lucius's father, Roman soldiers invade his home city in Numidia, kill his wife, then take him into slavery.While there are enough records of mock naval battles for historians to believe they took place in Rome, there are still quite a few unknowns regarding how and where they did. Belonick suggests that they most likely took place at the Circus Maximus, which is much lower than the Colosseum and closer to the Tiber river.Much like its approach to the Colosseum games, several of the characters involved in Gladiator II were based on real people, but what happens to them in the film is fiction. In 211 AD, Caracalla and Geta became the joint rulers of Rome. Caracella is then believed to have had Geta murdered.Macrinus allegedly recruited the soldier to commit the murder. He became the Emperor of Rome on 11 April 217, three days after Caracalla's death. "He's the first person to become emperor who'd never been a member of the Roman Senate," says Potter.
Gladiator 2 standout Denzel Washington reacts to people pointing out that the character he plays, Macrinus, wasn't actually Black in real life.
Gladiator II star Denzel Washington discussed his opinions on the historical inaccuracies related to his character, Macrinus. In the sequel, Macrinus is an ambitious arms dealer, gladiator owner, and businessman, who uses Paul Mescal's Lucius to scheme his plot in Rome.In an interview with The Times, Washington addressed the historical inaccuracy of Macrinus being adapted as a Black man in the sequel. While he acknowledged that the real Macrinus wasn't Black, Washington argued that there were definitely Black people in Rome at the time.I started heading down that hole, but I’ve done enough biopics, and I’m sure people are already saying, 'Macrinus wasn’t black!' They’ll say, 'Well, there were no black people in Rome.' Oh, really? Well, how did they get so dark-skinned? You know, somebody rolled through there.Key figures, including Macrinus, Geta, and Caracalla, all existed in Ancient Rome and took inspiration from their real-world actions. However, the writer of Gladiator II, David Scarpa, had to change aspects of these real-life historical figures, so that they would fit into the story.
Development of riverfront property along the Tiber in Rome has laid bare more relics of the city's ancient past. Work prior to construction of a tram station at Trastevere revealed the remains an Imperial Roman port, once used to receive and warehouse goods arriving from Ostia on the coast.
On the Janiculum Hill, just to the west of the tram station construction site, a British-American team has found remains the hastily built, yet effective, walls constructed by the Romans to block an invasion by the Goths in A.D. 536-537. The walls were constructed within Rome's Imperial Age aqueducts to prevent the invaders from sneaking into the city.
The Roman Empire, founded in 27 B.C., was a vast and powerful domain that gave rise to the culture, laws, technologies and institutions that continue to define Western civilization.
Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands.After 450 years as a republic, Rome became an empire in the wake of Julius Caesar’s rise and fall in the first century B.C. The long and triumphant reign of its first emperor, Augustus, began a golden age of peace and prosperity; by contrast, the Roman Empire’s decline and fall by the fifth century A.D.As legend has it, Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, the god of war. Left to drown in a basket on the Tiber by a king of nearby Alba Longa and rescued by a she-wolf, the twins lived to defeat that king and found their own city on the river’s banks in 753 B.C.A line of Sabine, Latin and Etruscan (earlier Italian civilizations) kings followed in a non-hereditary succession. There are seven legendary kings of Rome: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Martius, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (Tarquin the Elder), Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus, or Tarquin the Proud (534-510 B.C.).
Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength.
If a deformed or sickly newborn was patently "unfit to live", killing it was a duty of the pater familias. A citizen father who exposed a healthy freeborn child was not punished, but automatically lost his potestas over that child. Abandoned children were sometimes adopted; some would have been sold into slavery.Ancient Roman cuisine changed over the long duration of this ancient civilisation. Dietary habits were affected by the influence of Greek culture, the political changes from Kingdom to Republic to Empire, and the Empire's enormous expansion, which exposed Romans to many new, provincial culinary habits and cooking techniques.Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength.Ancient Rome is often grouped into classical antiquity together with ancient Greece, and their similar cultures and societies are known as the Greco-Roman world. Ancient Roman civilisation has contributed to modern language, religion, society, technology, law, politics, government, warfare, art, literature, architecture, and engineering.In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509–27 BC), and the ...
