Posted on 12/21/2007 11:46:49 AM PST by WesternCulture
A unique exhibition of 2,000-year-old paintings called Pompeian Red has opened at the National Museum of Rome.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Bump we are studying Rome.
This may be GGG worthy.
Thank you for the post outstanding. As a student (old one) of ancient Rome this is great!
I see that they left out the X-rated paintings.
“Bump we are studying Rome.”
- There are, indeed, subjects more boring than Rome.
I’m a proud Viking, but I admit certain other civilizations are worthy of respect too.
Post scriptum, we Vikings never took part in demolishing Rome.
“Thank you for the post outstanding. As a student (old one) of ancient Rome this is great!”
- Glad to hear that!
Greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden!
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Rome is fascinating, not boring. They had everything.
One can see where we are heading when one studies Rome.
How long it will take for us to get to the end is the only question.
I just finished the History of Western Civilization (got an “A”...thanks for asking). It was a very interesting class, but I came away wondering why the classical Romans and Renaissance artists depicted the men’s ....penises, so small. Most of the statues and paintings have grown men with little tiny penises. It is a wonder that Romans were able to procreate.
Small penises were supposed to symbolize nobility and self-restraint. If you saw a big one, it was usually on a satyr or a barbarian.
It was colder back then.
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Thanks Perdogg. This sounds like it would be GREAT to visit. |
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So there IS an advantage to global warming.
most excellent!
thanks.
Could it be they used their brains for thinking instead of their dicks?
Could it be they used their brains for thinking instead of their dicks?
Nah, they just preferred to live by the motto "Make War, Not Love"... /grin
You would think Theseus was bitten by the Minotaur and infected with miniaturizing venom just before they painted that picture.
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