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To: colorado tanker

Thanks colorado tanker. It’s strange to think how Rome would look today had it not burned in the reign of Nero.

This Pantheon was built to replace the somewhat earlier one that burned (it was brick and wood), but the original inscription was restored on a building Agrippa never lived to see.


18 posted on 03/17/2011 4:59:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The fire enabled Nero to build his huge Golden House. And IIRC, Vespasian built the Colosseum on part of its grounds. Yes, big changes from the fire.
19 posted on 03/17/2011 5:37:25 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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