Posted on 09/29/2009 12:55:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ROME Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero's extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth's movement and impress his guests.
The room, part of Nero's Golden Palace, a sprawling residence built in the first century A.D., is thought to have been built to entertain government officials and VIPs, said lead archaeologist Francoise Villedieu.
The emperor, known for his lavish and depraved lifestyle, ruled from 37 A.D. to 68 A.D.
The dig so far has turned up the foundations of the room, the rotating mechanism underneath and part of an attached space believed to be the kitchens, she said.
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lol
His dying words:
“qvalisartifexpereo”, according to Suetonius.
My comment was a play on a loose translation.
My memory is that 69 was the year of the four emperors who were Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. Then the Flavians?
If the Romans were not aware that the Earth was round, how could they know that a rotating banquet hall could imitate the Earth's movement. Sure, they saw the Sun rise in the East and set in the West, and the stars fly around overhead at night, but didn't they think that the Sun traveled across the sky, and the stars move fixed on spheres around a stationary Earth?
Yes the year of the 4 Ceasars. Emperor is usually called Ceasar in the period.
Yes, of course. And the fourth Caesar that year was Vespasian. Something-or-other Flavius Vespasianus. Started building the Flavian amphitheater.
The year of the 4 emperors was in 69 AD.
The 4 emperors were Galba (who’s reign began in 68 AD), Otho , Vitellius and Vespasian.
The old bit of claiming that Nero
was the Anti-Christ of the END TIMES
is one of the most Biblically ignorant perspectives I’ve ever read in my 62 years.
There are a host of Scriptures which prevent his filling the bill.
Only Clueless RUBBER BIBLE’d perspectives have the brazen arrogant affrontery to pretend otherwise.
I believe that both the Greeks and the Romans believed that the Earth was a sphere. That understanding was forgotten by later generations.
Elagabalus. ;’)
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neither, Elagabalus
Did he just come out of a cold lake?
Pardon me, Emp old buddy.
Is that your nose or are you smoking a stogie?
I missed that...
Those were in the Coliseum and amphitheathers. They had nothing to do with throwing up after eating - that's simply a popular misconception. The vomitoria were the exit corridors through which the crowds left.
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