Sublime Slideshows of Roman Sites

[caesar novus]

Villa Jovis of Augustus and the actual headquarters of Tiberius is on a promontory on the island of Capri, Italy with one of the most outrageously beautiful settings on earth (and sublime food, nowdays):

http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=villa+jovis

 

Hadrians Villa near Tivoli, Italy is almost a city of palaces. To get a different set of photos, overtype "hadrians" with "adriana" (or whatever you like; it's just a dynamic sampling from a universe of tourist's photos):

http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=hadrians+villa

 

Diocletians Palace on the waterfront of Split, Croatia was actually his incomprehensibly vast retirement home. Apply a little imagination to filter out it's later updates and busy commercialism.

http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=diocletians+palace

Edited February 25, 2009 by caesar novus

[Bryaxis Hecatee]

indeed a nice trove of pictures ! thanks ! if you like pictures I can also direct you to http://picasaweb.google.com/bryaxis, where you'll find many pictures of ancient monuments and museums all around the mediteranean

Edited February 26, 2009 by Bryaxis Hecatee

[caesar novus]

Oh, that's nice once I got my browser to cope with the picassa kind of slideshow.

 

I'm really surprised how satisfying this kind of virtual tourism is, once you get it on full screen with quick succession to the next slide. Maybe because my visits to such sites have been quite crowded ones, so I was continually being distracted rather than absorbing. Like I hear a noisy group approaching, so start to rush to stay ahead, or maybe dance around to avoid blocking someone's view.