#colosseum — Public Fediverse posts
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Overwhelming from every angle. Standing in the shadow of the Colosseum is a reminder of very gladiatorial combat, every animal hunt, and the way that for many generations the centre of Roman power could feel condensed in this very place.
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Overwhelming from every angle. Standing in the shadow of the Colosseum is a reminder of very gladiatorial combat, every animal hunt, and the way that for many generations the centre of Roman power could feel condensed in this very place.
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Overwhelming from every angle. Standing in the shadow of the Colosseum is a reminder of very gladiatorial combat, every animal hunt, and the way that for many generations the centre of Roman power could feel condensed in this very place.
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Overwhelming from every angle. Standing in the shadow of the Colosseum is a reminder of very gladiatorial combat, every animal hunt, and the way that for many generations the centre of Roman power could feel condensed in this very place.
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Overwhelming from every angle. Standing in the shadow of the Colosseum is a reminder of very gladiatorial combat, every animal hunt, and the way that for many generations the centre of Roman power could feel condensed in this very place.
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Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman structure near the Colosseum with mosaics resembling firefighters’ barracks | World News
PC: A worker cleans a mosaic floor uncovered during archaeological e…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #ancientRomanstructure #archaeologicalresearchRome #archeologicalfindingsnearColosseum #Colosseum #CulturalheritageEUfunding #Ostia #Romanfirefighters'barracks #RomanHistory #second-centurymosaics #VillaCelimontanadiscoveries
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https://www.europesays.com/hu/197049/ Döntött a bíróság, több mint egy évtized után ismét eláraszthatják Európa leghíresebb turisztikai látványosságát a szuvenírárusok #ajándéktárgy #colosseum #EU #Európa #Europe #Hungarian #Magyar #róma #szuvenír #szuvenírárus
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Rome | Colosseo by JB_1984
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Rome | Colosseo by JB_1984
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Rome | Colosseo by JB_1984
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Rome | Colosseo by JB_1984
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Rome | Colosseo by JB_1984
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Rome’s Colosseum and Pantheon stay open late in August
Italy’s culture and tourism ministries launch pilot scheme allowing visitors to beat the summer heat, with Milan’s Castello…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #August #Colosseum #Pantheon #TOURISM
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SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO Davy Jones (Monkees) Live in Cincinnati + HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mark Clarke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xb_TteZcYI#markclarke #colosseum #monkees #davyjones #tempest #naturalgas #ianhunter #billysquier #uriahheep #birthday #johnnyjblair #smashmouth #felipetorres #cincinnati #avivamaloney #davidrobicheau #jcm
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Utting am Ammersee: Feld-Labyrinth Ex Ornamentis zeigt Rom mit Kolosseum https://www.diebayern.de/freizeit/utting-am-ammersee-feld-labyrinth-ex-ornamentis-zeigt-rom-mit-kolosseum-3159343?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=dpa&utm_content=textlink #Tourismus #Bayern #Freizeit #Deutschland #UttingamAmmersee #UttingamAmmersee #Rom #Colosseum #340000Pflanzen
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Utting am Ammersee: Feld-Labyrinth Ex Ornamentis zeigt Rom mit Kolosseum https://www.diebayern.de/freizeit/utting-am-ammersee-feld-labyrinth-ex-ornamentis-zeigt-rom-mit-kolosseum-3159343?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=dpa&utm_content=textlink #Tourismus #Bayern #Freizeit #Deutschland #UttingamAmmersee #UttingamAmmersee #Rom #Colosseum #340000Pflanzen
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New US flights to Italy are betting on food country, not the Colosseum | Interests
Book a nonstop to Italy this summer, and the surprise is where the newest fligh…
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New US flights to Italy are betting on food country, not the Colosseum | Interests https://www.diningandcooking.com/2710312/new-us-flights-to-italy-are-betting-on-food-country-not-the-colosseum-interests/ #Airline #airlines #Bari #Catania #colosseum #DeltaAirLines #enit #food #Foods #Italia #Italian #ItalianFood #italiano #italy #naples #rome #sicily #UnitedAirlines #UnitedStates
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"Grab the popcorn"
People watch the #colosseum,
transfixed by #blood.People watch the #theater,
transfixed by #anguish.Are you here to be entertained?
Please don't be a spectator.
Sabi and her mom are going without food, will soon be without shelter.
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Chyba mi niechcący wyszedł dzisiaj dzień włoski;-) Teraz samo Kolosseum w pełnej niemal krasie. Niesamowite miejsce - łaziłem po nim kilka godzin.
Rzym - Włochy 2025
Lens - Nikkor 50-250 mm
#wyjazd
#fotografia
#foto
#photo
#photography
#photomonday
#travelphotography
#travel
#nikon
#rzym
#roma
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The Flavian Amphitheatre is clearly the superior console
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The Flavian Amphitheatre is clearly the superior console
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The #Empire of Caesars and Steel Cages: Donald’s 80th #Birthday and the Quiet Echo of #Rome
On Sunday in #Washington, a birthday will be celebrated. #Donald reaches 80. The city does not feel like a quiet #capital. It feels more like an #arena being prepared.
Parts of the White House have been rebuilt. Parts have been torn down. Some say one third lies in ruins, another third is turning into something like a modern #stadium. The building of power is treated like a construction site in an old empire. Stone replaced by steel. #Ceremony replaced by #spectacle.
It reminds some observers of ancient Rome. Not the Rome of #philosophy or #law. But the Rome of late empire. The Rome of loud #games, public shows, and political #theater.
In the Roman #Republic and later Empire, rulers understood a simple rule: people must be fed and entertained. “Bread and games” was not just a phrase. It was a #system. Food kept bodies alive. Spectacle kept attention away from decay. The Roman poet Juvenal described it as panem et circenses.
Today, Washington looks different. But the logic feels familiar to some critics.
A cage is mentioned. A modern arena. Mixed martial arts fights. No marble floors. No sand from the Colosseum. Instead, metal fences on green grass. The White House lawn becomes a stage. Violence becomes sport. Sport becomes politics. #Politics becomes #entertainment.
The Roman comparison is not new. The late empire under Decline of the Western Roman Empire was marked by internal fragmentation, economic pressure, and political #instability. The borders were large. But the system inside became harder to hold together. In the final centuries, emperors relied more on spectacle and loyalty games than on #reform.
One emperor often used as a symbol of this shift is #Commodus. He fought in staged #gladiator games. He performed as #Hercules. Ancient historians like Cassius Dio describe this as a sign of imperial decline, though modern historians debate how literal or exaggerated those accounts are.
The image is simple. Power turning into performance.
In the United States, the comparison is symbolic, not historical. The country remains economically and militarily strong. It is still a global #superpower. But critics sometimes point to rising political polarization, #media spectacle, and the personalization of politics.
The modern arena is not the #Colosseum. It is #television, #socialMedia, and live events. Attention is the new currency. The crowd is no longer in stone seats. It is online, scrolling, watching, reacting.
In this #story, Donald’s 80th birthday becomes more than a personal event. It becomes a stage. A symbolic moment. A performance of #power inside a republic that still calls itself a #democracy.
Some observers describe it in extreme metaphor. They see gladiators where there are athletes. They see emperors where there are presidents. They see decline where others see transformation.
History, however, is rarely so clean.
The Roman Empire did not fall in a single moment. It changed slowly. Institutions weakened in some places and adapted in others. The “fall” was a long transition, not a sudden #collapse.
The United States today shows no equivalent structural collapse. Its institutions, #economy, and global alliances remain strong. But like Rome in its later centuries, it faces internal tensions. Wealth concentration. Political division. Cultural fragmentation.
Empires do not always fall like buildings. Sometimes they drift like ships. They keep moving, even when the course becomes unclear.
The metaphor of Rome is powerful because it is simple. A great rise. A slow tension. A dramatic imagination of decline. But #history is less like a straight line and more like a spiral.
Still, on this Sunday in Washington, the #symbolism writes itself. A leader turns 80. The capital feels like a stage. The crowd expects a show.
And somewhere in the background, the old Roman warning echoes again: when politics becomes performance, the audience may forget who is acting—and who is ruling.
#usa #news #civilization #future #fail #ethics #problem #humanity #crisis #war #terror #justice #crime #whitehouse #government #game
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🏛️⚽ Students at #Rome’s Cavour High School, just steps from the #Colosseum, had long whispered about hidden rooms beneath the gym floor. 🤫
After they explored the #tunnels and alerted #Latin teacher Claudia Marino, archaeologists confirmed a 2nd century Roman villa called #Domus Liceo Cavour with frescoed walls, #mosaics, and even older #graffiti. 🏠
#archaeology #history #ancientrome #teens #excavation #italy #highschool #discovery
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Don’t Make These Mistakes in Rome (+ What I Didn’t Expect)
Rome is one of those cities that feels like it should be easy to plan — until you actually get there. There’s so much to see, everything feels important, and it’s very easy to either: overpack your scheduleor feel like you’re missing something After spending time there, a few things became really clear — both in terms of mistakes to avoid and things that genuinely surprised me. If you’re planning a trip, here’s what I’d keep in mind. This post contains affiliate links. […] -
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy, still stands after 2,000 years.
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Your characters have put something off for so long it becomes another problem entirely. Like me and dental work....
Illusion CGI created this image of a colosseum on a human tooth. But, for real, if I leave off going to the dentist any longer the bacteria on my teen will start death matches to control the available space.
#Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #dentistry #colosseum #roman #art #DigitalArt
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