Apse of Roman basilica, Cologne, Germany© City of Cologne/Roman-Germanic Museum, Michael Wiehen
Apse of Roman basilica, Cologne, Germany© City of Cologne/Roman-Germanic Museum, Michael Wiehen
The name city’s name has an interesting Roman history. It was founded by Romans in 50AD and named Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, “The Claudian Colony and Altar of the Agrippinians”. It honored the Empress Agrippina the Younger, who was born there and was the wife of Emperor Claudius. Cologne/Koln is just a shortening of the original Roman name.
I hear that Marshall Zhukov tried to get to Cologne. Why? He found the Vistula odor offensive!
Ok, I’ll see myself out.
These latest rooms and findings were still isolated behind barriers when we were last in Cologne. The city is awe-inspiring nonetheless.
Pagan polytheism is just weird. If you are Hipparchus, how do you build the Antikythera mechanism and not wonder to yourself that only God Almighty had the power to investiture your ability to make an astrolab computer from brass and glass? Of course he also invented trig, so screw him.
You might be wearing your cologne too strong, if it can still be detected 2000 years in the future.
Canine cologne?
