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17-year-old Swiss girl becomes second tourist to deface Rome’s Colosseum in a month
NY Post ^ | 07/17/2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 07/17/2023 8:14:36 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

When in Rome … another tourist has defaced the Colosseum.

A Swiss girl carved her initials into the iconic amphitheater — less than a month after another tourist stunningly defaced the ancient landmark with his and his fiancée’s names

Police have launched an investigation after Italian tour guide David Battaglino captured video of the unidentified 17-year-old girl carving the letter “N” into the wall, La Repubblica reported.

The footage posted on Twitter by Italian news agency ANSA shows the blond girl, whose face is blurred, using an object to carve the letter before she backs off amid the attention.

“It is the first time I have managed to film an act of vandalism at the Colosseum but in six years I have seen dozens,” he told the local news outlet.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: colosseum; davidbattaglino; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; romanempire; rome; swiss; switzerland; tourist
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To: 1Old Pro

Don’t tell them about Washington or Jefferson


41 posted on 07/17/2023 3:22:42 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: devere

Not even close to similar


42 posted on 07/17/2023 3:23:30 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: 1Old Pro

Curious you would say that about people exercising their liberty of writing their names into a monument dedicated to Liberty.

The People. Often cited in founding documents as the object of government -as opposed to being subjects of government. And yet rarely respected thereafter.


43 posted on 07/17/2023 3:27:41 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: StAnDeliver
However, who wants the Sistine Chapel torn down? I have never heard of such a thing. And what are these "past abuses" that would warrant imploding the Cappella Magna? Or did your imagination just run straight to that idea?

Don't get sarcasm do you?

44 posted on 07/17/2023 4:43:46 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: devere
apparently a contested decision.

No. No it wasn't.

45 posted on 07/17/2023 4:47:19 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for that video.

I’ve watched a few documentaries about early medieval England where one can find stones obviously scavenged and repurposed from Brito-Romano era buildings, some with Latin text still on them and used to build churches.

I watched this not long ago. Fascinating.

Colosseum: Roman Death Trap | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUuufuUEiU


46 posted on 07/17/2023 5:48:05 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

17 yr old is not a girl, she is old enough to do lots of adult things and definitely old enough to take adult consequences for her actions.


47 posted on 07/17/2023 5:48:44 PM PDT by b4me
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To: Reily

Public executions in the Colosseum were rather common but were mostly* reserved for convicted criminals (murders, thieves, rapists, kidnappers, runaway slaves, etc.) and those captured in war who were not deemed good for being a slave.

The method of execution varied from crucifixion, being burned alive, to being thrown to wild beasts to being tied to “ships” which were sunk in mock navel battles leaving them to drown or a beheading which was mostly reserved for higher status Roman citizens. One of the more interesting forms of execution was catapulting a condemned criminal across the Colosseum in a re-enactment of Icardis flying too close to the Sun. It never ended well for Icaris.

The executions of Christians, starting with Nero who scapegoated them for the great fire, waxed and waned over time.

Emperor Hadrian (117–138) for instance, responding to a request for advice from a provincial governor about how to deal with Christians, granted Christians more leniency. Hadrian stated that merely being a Christian was not enough for action against them to be taken, they must also have committed some illegal act. In addition, “slanderous attacks” against Christians were not to be tolerated. This implied that anyone who brought an action against Christians but whose action failed, would themselves face punishment.

The persecutions of Christians started back up again during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus, who by the way did fight as a gladiator, probably in fights rigged in his favor but he was not killed by Russell Crowe in the Colosseum. 😊

It is common misconception that Christians were persecuted solely for being Christians, well sort of, they were from time to time but not universally or all across the Empire and up until the time Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Empire.

The Romans mostly didn’t necessary care what God or Gods one worshipped in private. There were many “cults” who worshipped foreign deities including ISIS (no, not that ISIS) and there is evidence that Roman troops in England took up worshipping the local Celtic deities (when in England, do as the English do.) LOL!

But what they did object to was what we might call Blasphemy or Treason to the Empire. That meant they expected all citizens to make sacrifices, even if just symbolically to the Roman Gods and to the emperor.

Christians who refused to recant by performing ceremonies to honor the gods were severely penalized. Those who were Roman citizens were typically, but not always, exiled or condemned to a swift death by beheading while slaves, foreign-born residents, and lower classes were more likely to be put to death by wild beasts as a public spectacle.

While perhaps not a good analogy, it would be as if one here in the US could be arrested, tried and executed for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or for taking a knee during the National Anthem or not reciting the Lord’s Prayer during a public meeting or in a school.

And yes, not all gladiators were killed in the arena. You are correct. The investment and training of a gladiator was a significant investment, and no one would put in that sort of investment if there was a 50/50 chance their investment would be killed each time they fought. There has also been evidence that gladiators were given medical treatment (such as it was back then) and fed very well. Some of the top gladiators were seen like rock stars are today. Think of boxers and Mixed Martial Arts fighters in our world today.

That’s not to say that gladiatorial combat didn’t come with a risk of death but those who survived were often granted freedom and Roman citizenship. And not all were slaves. Some free Roman citizens, albeit of the lower classes, volunteered to become gladiators as it could be very lucrative.


48 posted on 07/18/2023 9:57:59 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Yes I know all of this!


49 posted on 07/18/2023 10:15:22 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: MD Expat in PA
"Don't get sarcasm do you?"

As I stated, both Gettyburg and Manassas have had to stridently ward off planned McMansion home developments abutting the respective battlefields.

Sarcasm does not include factual circumstances, unless you are just bad at sarcasm, or perhaps you are attempting, as the British call it, 'taking the p!ss' LOFL.

50 posted on 07/18/2023 11:23:48 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: devere

I bet people have been carving their initials into since it was built.


51 posted on 07/18/2023 11:43:50 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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WARNING: This is NUTS.
The Roman Colosseum was intended to be a power station | 14:08
Matrix Discovery | 2.06K subscribers | 943 views | April 19, 2023
The Roman Colosseum was intended to be a power station | 14:08 | Matrix Discovery | 2.06K subscribers | 943 views | April 19, 2023
I haven't watched it yet, but this YT channel has another video apparently claiming that the Earth is actually made of bricks.
Transcript
0:00·so after some brainstorming and some
0:02·thinking about the Roman Coliseum I was
0:05·looking at this thing over and over and
0:07·over again
0:08·and I already made a statement that this
0:10·thing's not meant for wasn't a stadium
0:12·folks it wasn't a stadium
0:13·there was something bigger for this
0:16·purpose and I think I figured it out so
0:18·before I go there look at the size these
0:19·people versus this opening right look at
0:22·the size of these people versus the
0:24·opening this was meant for Giants but
0:26·let's get back to topic
0:28·so I was looking around I think I
0:30·already did a video on this and I just
0:31·figured out what this thing is so as you
0:34·know with these guys these beings they
0:36·use atmospheric energy water-based
0:38·energy magnetic energy ground energy
0:40·sound energy right so I think this was
0:42·some sort of
0:44·energy device I think that's what it is
0:46·it's an energy device
0:48·and then when I came to that thought
0:49·then I came to this conclusion what this
0:51·really is
0:53·is another Babylon Tower
0:55·or volcano
0:57·these volcanoes all around the world are
0:59·actually these kind of towers right and
1:01·I think that's what this thing was I
1:03·think they were in them in the middle of
1:05·creating this thing as a mini
1:07·uh
1:09·art arc reactor or something like that
1:11·right
1:12·there you know the volcanoes you know
1:14·how big the volcanoes were right
1:16·those were either uh
1:19·uh power power stations or something
1:21·else right and I think this was the
1:23·purpose of this it was a power station
1:25·folks I think that's what I'm coming to
1:27·is this was a power station it wasn't a
1:30·stadium it wasn't anything to do with
1:32·people going in there and out I think
1:34·this was a mini so-called Babylon Tower
1:37·but I think it was a
1:40·quote unquote power station or volcano
1:42·right so that's my conclusion I think
1:44·that's what it is I think that's what
1:46·this thing was
1:47·and then the big you know the big X
1:49·Factor happened and then you know in
1:51·blue you know melted sections of this
1:53·and such and such right so yeah this was
1:56·nothing to do with Stadium folks it was
1:57·nothing to do with uh people dying and
1:59·getting killed by lions and Gladiators
2:01·right this was uh something to do with
2:05·energy right atmospheric energy
2:07·water-based energy magnetic ground or
2:09·sound energy right I think that's what
2:11·this thing was so
2:13·back in 2010 I visited Rome actually
2:16·2012 and 2010 on roses in Rome I took
2:18·some photos with my DSLR so let's take a
2:21·look at some of these photos I took
2:23·so this was around the structure of the
2:27·Coliseum and you see these you see here
2:30·uh you see this look at the bricks folks
2:34·so this was around the structure of the
2:36·Coliseum I think if you've been to Rome
2:38·you've seen this before
2:40·and take a look at this why is this
2:42·opening like this right wiser and
2:45·these two giant openings and two giant
2:47·opens here it doesn't make sense right
2:48·this doesn't make sense why would they
2:51·do that
2:52·right so let's go to the next one photo
2:55·at the same section but this is the
2:57·bigger section of it
3:00·is funny is look at this they try to
3:02·patch this up with some concrete here
3:05·real funny okay so
3:07·yeah let's go to next photo
3:10·so here's the side of the Coliseum
3:12·right
3:15·you see look at the bricks look at the
3:16·brick lines
3:19·what's funny is I think they the the
3:21·government's patch the side up with
3:23·concrete blocks look at this it doesn't
3:25·even it doesn't even you know match this
3:29·right
3:30·look at this you have this section but
3:32·then you have this section with the
3:33·concrete blocks it doesn't even match
3:35·this
3:36·this section right here should look like
3:38·this
3:39·so let's go to the next photo
3:41·so this is a good interesting photo I
3:43·took
3:44·you see the red bricks and what do you
3:46·see here
3:48·the the the the expansion from the heat
3:51·event The X Factor event
3:53·this bricks All These Bricks were
3:55·starting to melt you know bubble
3:57·outwards and marshmallow Words Right and
3:59·started you know changing
4:01·to this right to to concrete I mean to
4:04·to rock like in my previous videos
4:06·you've seen right see look you see here
4:09·you don't see any stadium seating right
4:11·I think this was a Babylon Tower they're
4:13·doing
4:14·that's what they're doing folks they
4:15·were doing a Babylon tower mini Babylon
4:17·Tower
4:19·uh let's go back
4:21·that's my conclusion I think that's what
4:23·it is this thing was a heat gener sorry
4:25·an energy generator
4:27·probably a good chance of the energy
4:29·generator
4:32·so here's more
4:34·um
4:35·of a photo look at the size of these
4:36·openings versus the people right
4:38·look at this look at the sizes it opens
4:41·these like 20s 20 feet high versus the
4:43·people here
4:45·look at that
4:46·it's all X heat damage right here heat
4:50·damage all this heat damage
4:55·that's a better photo
4:58·and down here look at that all the
5:00·bricks folks look at all the bricks
5:10·yeah this was nothing to do with the
5:12·stadium folks it has nothing to do with
5:14·Stadium I think this was some sort of
5:16·reactor they were producing
5:18·in the middle of the city
5:21·a mini reactor a mini
5:24·Babylon Tower or volcano
5:26·as soon as you claim
5:29·uh it's a close-up photo
5:31·of the bricks this is funny look at this
5:33·look at the government's trying to you
5:35·know
5:35·patch it up in this section with with
5:38·concrete blocks doesn't even match
5:40·sad
5:42·you can see the heat damage right here
5:44·see the heat damage the bubbling
5:45·outwards you see the the bricks here the
5:48·normal bricks and then you see these
5:50·bricks been damaged
5:54·all heat damage folks
5:58·uh it's a better
6:00·this is the the the underside of the
6:03·stadium where the stadium but the the
6:05·Coliseum you see all the bricks
6:08·everything those bricks folks everything
6:10·12 miles deep bricks
6:12·bricks everywhere
6:14·heat damage
6:19·heat damage
6:23·uh another side
6:25·it's all bricks folks look at it it's
6:27·like one two three four it's like 20
6:29·layers maybe a bricks look at the heat
6:31·damage here the heat damage
6:35·a little heat damage
6:37·you see this section's all rocked now
6:39·this used to be brick see
6:42·look very closely folks look very
6:43·closely
6:48·inside one of those openings this
6:50·openings was huge folks I remember this
6:55·yep
6:58·so you look at this this is a very good
6:59·photo look at this sections all look
7:01·like a rock right that you see in a
7:04·mountain
7:05·you see this on a mountain but no it's
7:07·really a structure everything was a
7:09·Structure folks
7:10·everything was a structure
7:12·I think the the LIE they tell us was
7:15·Rome was burnt down okay if it was burnt
7:18·down then a word how do these go on fire
7:20·right how do bricks go on fire if the
7:23·Rome was on fire
7:25·right
7:27·look at the heat damage folks I didn't
7:29·it didn't occur to me until now look at
7:31·the heat damage it was melting it was
7:33·melting this way
7:36·like a blowtorch hitting it
7:39·look at the heat damage
7:42·and look how perfectly aligned these
7:45·sections are like you know like I said
7:47·mentioned my previous video a human
7:49·being didn't do this a machine didn't do
7:51·this it was we're in assimilation and
7:53·there's proof of it
7:55·look how many bricks I don't know how
7:57·many bricks they use for this thing
8:01·that uh fort in
8:03·the Florida Keys is 15 million bricks
8:06·this dwarfs it I'm telling you right now
8:08·this thing dwarfs it
8:10·look at the heat damage down here
8:12·look at the heat damage this is all rock
8:14·now this used to be bricks
8:18·I hope you share this with everybody I
8:20·think I figured out what this thing is
8:21·this Coliseum it was not a Coliseum
8:23·folks it was a a reactor or something
8:25·some sort of energy
8:27·device that's what it is folks energy
8:29·device
8:32·it's more of the inside that down here
8:35·below right
8:36·look at that
8:39·you can pause the video if you want I'm
8:41·just going through it quickly
8:43·and look at the brick lines here all
8:45·perfectly straight to All Uniform
8:49·they tell you that Romans did this right
8:51·the Romans the Roman lie
8:54·all of history is a lie
8:58·same thing
9:00·more of the interior
9:03·down below
9:05·even down here you can see that the land
9:07·down here is all bricks see the bricks
9:09·you can see the bricks down there
9:13·yeah I think this was an energy device
9:14·folks some sort of reactor Arc Reactor
9:18·this whole thing was our a giant Arc
9:20·Reactor
9:23·look at all the uh the openings here
9:29·why would they have all these openings
9:30·underground that doesn't make sense
9:33·unless it was moving energy around like
9:36·you know maybe
9:37·um
9:38·you know maybe atmospheric energy or
9:41·sound energy right or ground energy
9:43·something's going on here folks
9:45·something really fishy
9:51·this is a funny one look at this this is
9:53·sad
9:55·this is pretty sad the governments are
9:56·trying to cover it up right with these
9:59·uh uh concrete blocks this is because it
10:03·doesn't even match here look at this
10:04·part right here why is the cylinders up
10:07·here versus the the
10:10·the rectangle blocks
10:12·right
10:15·they just try to patch this up they
10:17·really try to patch it up
10:21·this section should look like this
10:23·section but it doesn't
10:26·they try to patch it up and try to hide
10:28·it they try to hide the truth folks
10:33·close look at the bricks look how
10:35·uniform these bricks are
10:37·looking uniform these bricks are no
10:38·errors anywhere folks no errors
10:41·again with the concrete blocks here they
10:43·put the concrete blocks here
10:49·look all the bricks look at all the
10:51·bricks
10:57·I think I showed you this photo already
11:00·more of the the ground level look at
11:03·that
11:06·the single is starting to Bubble
11:07·outwards
11:09·it was starting to you know heat damage
11:12·bubble outwards
11:14·amazing look at that
11:22·amazing look at that brick right there
11:32·there's a feeling this is like a a wide
11:35·angle look
11:37·let's look at the damage
11:43·I think this was they were they were
11:45·intended this thing was intended to go
11:46·higher much higher
11:49·looked like it was in the middle of a
11:52·process of being built higher look at
11:54·that
11:56·and I think that's its same thing
11:59·okay so in the next photos I'm going to
12:01·show you
12:02·it's from France
12:04·it's deep underground in France
12:07·look at the bricklayers folks look at
12:09·the bricklayers
12:13·this thing went down 12 miles deep all
12:15·these structures went down 12 miles deep
12:18·look at the bricklayers and see you have
12:20·the the caves here but look here
12:22·same bricks
12:24·same pricks
12:27·you can see the archways
12:31·look at the bricklayers here folks look
12:32·at the brick layer here see the bricks
12:35·everything was bricks 12 miles deep sub
12:37·bricks
12:40·same thing
12:41·the same architecture of the Coliseum
12:43·and everywhere around the world
12:46·look at that
12:50·this is not from France but it's
12:51·somewhere else I think it's USA
12:52·somewhere same thing look at the bricks
12:55·everywhere the bricks are everywhere
12:59·same thing
13:00·you can see heat damage here the heat
13:02·damage
13:05·this part survived from The X Factor
13:08·event
13:10·same thing uh these are excavators they
13:13·found this bricks they're the perfect
13:15·line bricks
13:17·hmm
13:19·same thing the tunnel put bricks
13:23·look at the ceiling
13:25·bricks everywhere
13:28·and that's it folks and yeah
13:30·my conclusion is the Roman Coliseum
13:33·wasn't a stadium
13:35·it was another Babylon Tower in the
13:37·making which is really uh you know in
13:40·today's volcanoes right actually look at
13:43·this Babylon Channel look let's see this
13:44·look at the openings right
13:46·and look at the openings same thing
13:50·same thing folks same thing this was a
13:53·some sort of
13:54·energy generator right these things the
13:57·energy generator or some sort of
13:59·generating energy
14:01·and this was a mini reactor what they
14:04·were doing
14:06·most likely was a mini reactor

52 posted on 07/22/2023 6:27:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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