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S.P.Q.R.
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Ebsdorf Mappa Mundi N-S.
Mappa mundi (Map of the World) Ebsdorf Mappa Mundi N-S. Ebstorf, 1234
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“View of the World from 9th Avenue”
Saul Steinberg, 1976
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ROME Romulus and Remus “Capitoline Wolf”
Portrait of the Emperor Augustus Walters Art Museum Augustus of Prima Porta Vatican Museums
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Roman Holiday (1953) Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck
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Spartacus Spartacus (1960) Kirk Douglas
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Gladiator Gladiator (2000) Russell Crowe
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Astérix Astérix, Obélix and Dogmatix Robert Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
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S.P.Q.R. THE LEGACY OF ROME How Big was Rome? Roman Monuments
Roman Roads Roman Law Roman Language Roman Empire The Idea of Rome
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The Legacy of Rome, or… “What have the Romans ever done for us?”
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How Big Was Rome? The City
Pliny the Elder (c. 7O C.E.): 14 regions, 265 crossroads, 37 gates, roads that total 21,765 paces.. One million inhabitants? density would be equivalent to modern Hong Kong, 72,150 per sq. km More likely closer to 500,000
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How Big Was Rome? The Empire
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Roman Monuments in Rome
The Pantheon
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Roman Monuments in Rome
Circus Maximus
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Roman Monuments in Rome
Colosseum
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Roman Monuments in Rome
The Forum
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Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Hadrian’s Wall, UK
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Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Le Pont du Gard, S. France
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Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Le Pont Julien, Provence
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Roman Monuments Not in Rome
Amphitheatre, Pula, Croatia
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Roman Roads
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Roman Roads via Domitia, via Appia, via Salaria…
Standard railway gauge 4 feet, 8.5 inches Things travel along roads… Commerce Culture Christianity
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Tabula Peutingeriana http://omnesviae.org/
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Roman Law Civil Law Corpus Iuris Civilis (Justinian, 6th c.)
Different from English Common Law Bologna, 12th century Canon Law German Civil Law (c. 1900)
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Roman Language Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Sardinian, Catalan, Provençal, Rheto-Romansch, Franco-Provençal, and many other less common languages.
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Roman Empire
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Roman Breakfast (ientaculum)
Bread Watered-down wine Honey Dates Olives
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Garum “Use fatty fish, for example, sardines, and a well-sealed (pitched) container with a quart capacity. Add dried, aromatic herbs possessing a strong flavor, such as dill, coriander, fennel, celery, mint, oregano, and others, making a layer on the bottom of the container; then put down a layer of fish (if small, leave them whole, if large, use pieces) and over this, add a layer of salt two fingers high. Repeat these layers until the container is filled. Let it rest for seven days in the sun. Then mix the sauce daily for 20 days. After that, it becomes a liquid.” -- Gargilius Martialis, De medicina et de virtute herbarum
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Braid Warp and Weft Romanity Christianity Germanity
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Senatus populusque Romani
S.P.Q.R. Senatus populusque Romani
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“The Senate and the People of Rome”
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The Idea of Rome Romulus and Remus
Tourists’ souvenir of the “Capitoline Wolf”
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The Idea of New York
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