The Forum Today Entry posted by M. Porcius Cato January 7, 2006 945 views Share More sharing options... Followers 0 Thought you might enjoy a photo I took while in Rome this summer. Note the focal point: the Roman Senate building, still standing while the Basilica Julii is in ruins. Yes! Report Entry
FLavius Valerius Constantinus 1 Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share I don't think you can post images in blogs, well I don't have one so I don't really know either. But you can easily upload images into the members gallery. Link to comment
Viggen 95 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share hi M. Porcius Cato, welcome to the bloggers btw, you set that every comment must need approval to show, i approved this one for you, (unless you did that on purpose, then its fine) cheers viggen Link to comment
M. Porcius Cato 2 Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share hi M. Porcius Cato, welcome to the bloggers btw, you set that every comment must need approval to show, i approved this one for you, (unless you did that on purpose, then its fine) cheers viggen Can you PM me so I can fix it so everyone can comment? Link to comment
Sextus Roscius 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Ave Cato! More true words not spoken in a long time, in even in terms of structural integrity, democracy is superior! Link to comment
P.Clodius 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Are you refering to the Curia? If you are I believe it was built by Caesar (or started by) because the otherone was used as a funeral pyre for my namesake. Link to comment
P.Clodius 0 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share I was under the impression the Curia was commenced under the Divine Julius and was finished under the Divine Augustus after the lastone was used as a funeral pyre for my namesake Link to comment
Pertinax 3 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share I enjoyed your graph very much-all life is there! Link to comment
P.Clodius 0 Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share This Curia was commisioned by the Divine Julius and was finished by Augustus. Laughing on the other side of your face? Link to comment
M. Porcius Cato 2 Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share This Curia was commisioned by the Divine Julius and was finished by Augustus. Laughing on the other side of your face? Just goes to show that even in chains the senate was greater than that darling of Venus! Link to comment
Germanicus 1 Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Just goes to show that even in chains the senate was greater than that darling of Venus! I love that term - darling of Venus, just something about it. I may have to use it in a song, it's crying out for that treatment. Link to comment
WotWotius 1 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Thought you might enjoy a photo I took while in Rome this summer. Note the focal point: the Roman Senate building, still standing while the Basilica Julii is in ruins. Yes! Obviously a hairy barbarian thought it was not wort stealing! Link to comment
The Augusta 1 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Thought you might enjoy a photo I took while in Rome this summer. Note the focal point: the Roman Senate building, still standing while the Basilica Julii is in ruins. Yes! Obviously a hairy barbarian thought it was not wort stealing! Now,I am writing from memory here - but wasn't a Christian church built around the old Curia (which isn't the Augustan one in any case), and that was why it survived? This is even worse than the barbarians ignoring it! Link to comment
M. Porcius Cato 2 Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Now,I am writing from memory here - but wasn't a Christian church built around the old Curia (which isn't the Augustan one in any case), and that was why it survived? This is even worse than the barbarians ignoring it! Seriously, much of what we have from pagan Roman is due to the Christians' appropriation. Of course, had the Christians not spent so much of the empire's wealth supporting the idle hands and empty skulls of the monks and bishops, there might have been sufficient resources for legionaries and officers to have defended the empire...but that's another story. Link to comment
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