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Alo?
Amazing. After all these centuries they are still making major finds in ancient Rome!
Obviously it is easier to date a remnant of the Tetrarchy period in the Empire, but an object connected with the episode which led to Christianity becoming the Empire’s official religion is something spectacular!
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there were no statues or figures because Numa forbade images of the gods in his temples, arguing that it was "impious to represent things Divine by what is perishable".Interesting. Thanks Blam. |
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What got my interest was the Emperor Maxentius scepter. The blue orb representing the earth on top showing that they knew the earth was round not flat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/wroman27.xml
They are uncovering some really cool stuff in Italy these days.
Imagine finding Maxentius’ sceptre.