Photo by Georgiana S. :

Comments: 25

JoAnn C. May 17, 2008, 9:18pm EDT

great shot

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Rick *Don Rico* J. May 17, 2008, 9:26pm EDT

I love seeing the places where history took place! Thanks for sharing!

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Georgiana S. May 17, 2008, 9:33pm EDT

It is full of historic ghosts, the Forum and Rome

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Susan V. May 17, 2008, 10:02pm EDT

nice shot

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Jonathan S. May 17, 2008, 10:12pm EDT

This is a a beautiful shot.

Unfortunately, I have to disabuse you of one misconception - Caesar was killed at a meeting of the Senate, but it didn't take place at the Senate House. The meeting where he was murdered occurred at the Theatre of Pompey, about a mile from where the Senate House stands.

In Republican times, the Senate could meet in any properly consecrated temple - and Pompey the Great had his Theatre designated as one so that he didn't have to enter the boundaries of the city while acting as a general (which would have meant giving up his command).

For the same reason, meetings of the Senate regarding external wars were often held outside the city boundaries - and the meeting at which Caesar was assassinated was to discuss his upcoming war in the East, so it was held at Pompey's (who was by then dead and disgraced) Theatre.

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Georgiana S. May 17, 2008, 10:28pm EDT

Thanks Jonathan. I think you shall have to take that issue up with Will Shakespeare. Artistic lisense i guess. LOL

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Jonathan S. May 17, 2008, 11:11pm EDT

Regardless of Shakespeare's poetic licence, the Forum and the rest of Rome is indeed full of history. I enjoyed sitting on Caesar's doorstep (the Domus Publica) and looking at what his titular if not actual descendants had wrought.

What is fascinating about these Roman ruins is that they have in fact survived until now- they were being harvested for building material in the middle ages, and now with the encroachment of pollution they are falling apart far faster than before.

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cindy geee May 18, 2008, 7:52am EDT

Very old building........bet it was pretty way back........

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cindy geee May 18, 2008, 7:52am EDT

Also the structure of it is cool........

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Georgiana S. May 18, 2008, 2:55pm EDT

Before Christ

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Peter Wimsey May 18, 2008, 3:02pm EDT

This is a lovely picture, Georgina.

It looks like you enjoyed some warm sunshine in Rome.

I have only one additional note to make -the structure behind the columns ( the multi story building with a window in the front) is not part of the Roman Senate.

It, like many other buildings in Rome, was erected behind/within/atop the ancient structure.

When you sit on the steps or cross beneath the columns, you are in the place of the ancient Senate.

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Georgiana S. May 18, 2008, 3:24pm EDT

I had seard that, there is so much reconstruction going on to try to preserve these ancient structures from pollution, time and the elements. It ws late Sept. so the weather was perfect!

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Jennifer aka Jenn B. May 19, 2008, 9:19am EDT

a whole lot of history going on here...some very interesting comments on this one ....

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Wanda H. May 25, 2008, 4:23pm EDT

A lovely spot, just not for Julius!

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Curt L. May 26, 2008, 7:42pm EDT

Grand shot!

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R o g e r .. May 27, 2008, 9:35am EDT

And one other tidbit; for several hundred years after the Papacy was reestablished in Rome, the original Forum was simply known as the 'pasture' and a source of old marble to use in creating the Vatican. To keep people out, it was fenced around and used for cattle grazing (owned by the Pontiff, no less) I ofter wonder if that was truly the source of the term 'Holy Cow' as I'd heard rumored. Whatever about the term, the pasture story is true.

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