Rompe

count me in on this one!

I would Love to be included in this. One can never get enough about the City or go there enough times. Always something new to learn!

I have never heard of this before, but am so glad you brought this topic forward! I am an x-treme sports junkie and do a lot of things like this....I have wondered where it has gotten its big start from. I could tell this was not a new "Fad". It always reminded me of one of those things that had a history behind it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,560145,00.html

In a couple hours from this post there will be a repeat of "rome: engineering an empire" on history intnl channel which shows a recreation of the palace at about the middle of it's two hour run. Does anyone happen to have this online or know where to find this programm? I was unable to watch it on TV and would love to see it. Even if it is just this portion with Neros Palace in it.

I tried to D/L this as well and can not get it to work. I keep getting a "message error" that the board will not allow me to d/l this?!

Did you try saying the name in Italian, Colosseo? Yes, that I did. It was the 2nd way I tried pronouncing it to the person I was asking. Maybe it was due to my accent (Deutsch) that was throwing them off? I have been told that my Italian can sound odd due to my accent that I speak with.

I remember seeing Rats down in Mexico and in the New York USA subway system...I thought those were big (which they were), but they still do not stack up to this rodent that they found. Still freaky though to see rats roaming the streets that are as big, if not bigger, than chihuahua dogs. It is freaky. Certain places around Berlin can have some pretty big rats too. Especially if you go into the sewer systems at night! Nothing ever wrong with having a Good sense of humor!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556983,00.html Yet more stories on the brain eatters of the world!

Intresting how cultures have reacted to eclipses and such. In Tibet (or for the Tibetans) they look at it as a really bad Omen. They bang pots, clap and stick out their tongues (all trying to drive off the evil unwanted spirits). Comets were another thing that could really set things off and be looked at in so many different ways as well.

If rats did have a sence of humor, I wonder what kind of "kick" they would get out of the mass freak-outs that some people do in Underground Transport (subways) do when they see one scamper across the floor. Even if it is photoshopped, still an intresting find...especially with the other species that they have found. It is quite the find!

I couldn't agree more. The life and doings of the first emperors has been reported to us by authors who disliked the new system very much. It would be so wonderful to find out how the Emperors and such people that had been writen about, actually were without all the propoganda around them being written. There would more-than-likely (IMO) be a re-write of some if not a lot of history if people really knew the truth. I have a book on Caligula where the writer writes (or tries to to the best of his abilities) how Caligula really was without the "bad press" that he got. I am in the process of reading it. Allan Massie wrote it and it is simply titled "Caligvla". Of course it is told in a story styled manner, but its nice to read a book that focuses more on "truths" and less on propoganda.

This is such a find! To think I was in almost the exact spot a few months ago. The story is so big, FoxNews.com even has it on their front page..which rarely happens with stories like this. It is the 2nd most read story right now =) I can not wait to see new fotos/videos of more that they find. Wonder if they will ever open it up like they do other parts of the "Golden Palace" once they are done with the main excavation process? Would be so wonderful to see in person.

I found it very intresting that when I was in Rome this past time, Where I was staying, I did not know the area. I had to ask a resident how I get to the Colosseum from where I was staying. They did not know it by the Colosseum, Flavian Ampetheater or any other way I could phrase it. Only when I showed them the "visitors map" that I get whenever I am there and I showed them the place on the map where it shows it, did they know what it was. I tried "Arena" and whatever other name I could think of, but still they were highly confused. Is there another term that the Italians use in todays day and age that I do not know of to call the Flavian Ampetheater by?

I think that rodent could have eatten all the cats that I used to own its so big. Freaky thing is too, they are guessing that this was the rodents first encounter with humans at all, they were saying that it walked right up to them as if it was domesticated and it was very friendly! I am just wondering how "friendly" a frog with fangs could be?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555501,00.html First we have Ants that get turned into "Zombies" by trees, then we have studies on Zombies coming back to life and taking over the world, now we have Frogs with Fangs, Odd gheckos and snakes...along with rodents that are over 3ft long! (for those who have seen the movie Princess Bride...an "ROUS")

I personally think Caligula and his "Craziness" was a work in the making ever since his childhood and his childhood surroundings....and what happend to his family did not help at all either...but had so much that just added and added onto it to only make it worse. (Of course, this is all In My Opinion)...I think once he became Emperor, he wanted to do good...then he realized with the "powers" of being Emperor, he litterally was a "king of the world". That can really go to someones head! As Syllia said "Bad Press" can do it to someone as well. Somewhere in his mind, he may have wanted to have a little revenge for what happend to his family growing up, but also the pressures of being Emperor can take a strain on someones life as well. No one will ever know Exactly what Caligula had for an illness,,,but he may have been in a coma like state. While he heard people saying things like "I will give my life for the Emperor to get better", he had ideas come into his mind. Once he got better, he carried out those ideas. He figured out that he could, at this point, get away with it, and ran with that. I could keep going and going, but to sum it up, I think that his whole life wrapped up in a nutshell caused his "madness"

Thank you very much! Oh yes, the horns just had to come out due to some of the spots that I was in at the time. That is me in the fotos. Self Portraits for this trip. (except the ones with "Caesar and the Legion Soldier" by the Colosseum) I am not only into Metal/punk (old punk), but I am a musician, band/instrument tech, stage/tour manager, lighting and pyro tech for a lot of metal/punk bands! Had to bring out some "Metal Love" while going around the sites of Rome

I found this article as well about the burial and the site on ScienceDaily.com www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915140924.htm I also noticed, IMO, that it looks as if His hands may have been tied behind His back as well, next to the more than abnormal possitioning that it is laying in. If it was a "criminal matter" it may explain a lot not only to why He was buried in the style that He was, but that He may also have been tortured? (wondering due to how it looks that the ankle has been snapped, twisted, broken etc).

The site of the Colosseum has been through so many different changes. Marsh lands, the passage ways and sewer/water systems, Neros Palace, then finally the Colosseum. You never find an area of land that goes through that big of a change IMO so many times without something happening (buildings sinking, tunnels collapsing etc)...especially due to that it started out on Marsh Lands. Really goes to show, the Romans really knew what they were doing and had such great advances in so many ways to make an area like this not only happen and work, but stay to this day and for so many years.

WOW! I am amazed! I have heard of this being performed live, but have never had the chance to see it, or see any photos from it. I was guessing top tickets would go for around $300 or so for that kind of production (In US Dollars). The lighting and effects in it look awesome. I would be willing to fly out to see this one, but it seems it only runs through Sunday and I can not find any other information if they are going to move the show and do more performances. *Crosses fingers*

Indeed. Twice I have been told to wait because only one PM can be sent per day or every 6 hours. I believe the flood control has now been disabled on your accounts... took me some time to figure it out, but I hope it's all working now. Cheers! Chris Thank you so much Chris! My PM is working with no blocks on it Sorry it took me awhile to get back about this. Had to move Houses in Germany, then fly to the States along with some other things. I do appreciate the time you took to help us! Cheers! Rompe

I have been talking to "Centurion-Macro" in PM lately and I brought this up to him reguarding the 1 PM per so many hour issue (hope he does not get upset with me bringing him up in this without me asking first!)....he said that he has the same problem. That he can only send one PM every so many hours.

Thank you for checking in to the problem. I have talked to another member of the board and they said that they have the same PM issue where they can only send one every so many hours. The post count problem seems to have gone away =) It is just the PM issue that I am really worried about.

One area that I can recommend is the Lake Nemi area. It is located in the Alban Hills. This is where 2 of Caligulas "Pleasure barges" were found, brought up, and the remains of them (after the fire) are located. (also remains from the ships in various museums around Rome as well) There was also a Temple of Diana and her sacred grove located on the Northern shore of the Lake. You can still find a large platform with niches still there up against the cliffs. There is also a huge drainage tunnel that is located there that was used to control the level of the water in the lake. Very modern for the time it was built. The drainage tunnel is in the SW portion of the Lake. Plus this area is beautiful, especially around sunset or at night!