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Hace 5 días · Pompeii is first mentioned in history in 310 bce, when, during the Second Samnite War, a Roman fleet landed at the Sarnus port of Pompeii and from there made an unsuccessful attack on the neighbouring city of Nuceria. At the end of the Samnite wars, Campania became a part of the Roman confederation, and the cities became “allies” of Rome.
This Helicopter Tour Around Rome enables you to see the Colosseum as you have never seen it before – highlighting the wonders of the urban architecture of ancient Rome from 2000 years ago. With Michelangelo’s famous dome jutting above the skyline, you will have a chance to admire the highest architectural structure in the city, no other building can surpass it height according to city laws!
Hace 1 día · Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt stand as the progenitors of civilization, birthing innovations in agriculture, writing, architecture, and political systems. From the fertile plains of Mesopotamia to the sun-drenched deserts of Egypt, these early societies laid the foundation for countless future civilizations. 2. The Golden Age: Greece and Rome
Hace 4 días · Credit: Ministry of Culture. Excavations in the ancient city of Nikopolis in Epirus, northwestern Greece, may have uncovered the building of the Sebasteion (“temple of the emperors”) in the agora, the square that constituted the town’s urban center. Nikopolis, which means “City of Victory”, was once home to as many as 150,000 people.
Hace 2 días · Caesar’s gens (clan) name, Julius (Iulius), is also familiar in the Christian world, for in Caesar’s lifetime the Roman month Quintilis, in which he was born, was renamed “ July ” in his honour. This name has survived, as has Caesar’s reform of the calendar. The old Roman calendar was inaccurate and manipulated for political purposes.
Hace 17 horas · Saint Peter's Basilica, is the most famous Roman Catholic church in the world and one of the holiest sites in Christendom, dating back to Roman architecture of the early Christian art period. The basilica, now the Pope's principal church, was built according to tradition above the burial site of St. Peter, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the first Bishop of Rome, who was martyred in ...
