Rome
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, Dec 30 2005 11:41 AM
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Posted 30 December 2005 - 11:41 AM
Some photos from this past summer. Where it all began.....
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Posted 01 January 2006 - 01:33 PM
Nice pics, I really like the first one.
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 03:34 PM
ZachariahDaMan, on Jan 1 2006, 02:33 PM, said:
Nice pics, I really like the first one.
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Posted 23 January 2006 - 06:29 AM
Good Pic's! Reminds me like going
back in time.
back in time.
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Posted 23 January 2006 - 09:17 AM
Fantastic addition to UrbanPlanet.org! Thank you for contributing these for discussion! 
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Posted 02 February 2006 - 03:43 PM
Nice pics, thanks for sharing them. 
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 10:35 PM
It's like the beginning of Urbanism hehe
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Posted 08 February 2006 - 05:44 PM
cantnot, on Feb 6 2006, 11:35 PM, said:
It's like the beginning of Urbanism hehe
Yeah, it's amazing to think the Romans had 9 and 10 story buildings. Just incredible when you're walking through the ruins. They definitely understood what it meant to be urban.
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 03:34 AM
Thank you. Good photos.
It's funny to see how tiny are the tourists among the ruins.
Yes, Rome was the first real metropolis in the modern sense. The Ancients made lists of suburban cities including Velitrae (about 20 mi / 35 km south) Arretium (~110 mi / 180 km north) or Antium (~30 mi / 50 km south). Before Ostia, the first port of Rome was Puteoli on the Naples Bay (called Puteolanus Sinus then). That gives an idea of the Rome's metro area. About the height of the buildings, Trajan judged necessary to limit them at 60 ft (17.7 m). In the 2nd century AD, the rhetor Aelius Aristide, stunned by the density wrote "if the levels were separated and juxtaposed they would reach Hadria (Adriatic Sea)"(...) "Rome is a summary of inhabited world" ! Ovide : "The World is in the city !". Rome was also nicknamed "Ouranopolis" (Universe-city). The Coliseum (50 m hight, 100 000 m3 of stones) has always impressed tourists since Domitian.
It's funny to see how tiny are the tourists among the ruins.
Yes, Rome was the first real metropolis in the modern sense. The Ancients made lists of suburban cities including Velitrae (about 20 mi / 35 km south) Arretium (~110 mi / 180 km north) or Antium (~30 mi / 50 km south). Before Ostia, the first port of Rome was Puteoli on the Naples Bay (called Puteolanus Sinus then). That gives an idea of the Rome's metro area. About the height of the buildings, Trajan judged necessary to limit them at 60 ft (17.7 m). In the 2nd century AD, the rhetor Aelius Aristide, stunned by the density wrote "if the levels were separated and juxtaposed they would reach Hadria (Adriatic Sea)"(...) "Rome is a summary of inhabited world" ! Ovide : "The World is in the city !". Rome was also nicknamed "Ouranopolis" (Universe-city). The Coliseum (50 m hight, 100 000 m3 of stones) has always impressed tourists since Domitian.
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 04:17 PM
This is one place I've always wanted to visit. It is just amazing. One of these days.
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 04:16 PM
Too bad the links are broken. I'd really like to see these photos of Rome.
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 05:08 PM
ExpatBaman, on Apr 7 2007, 06:16 PM, said:
Too bad the links are broken. I'd really like to see these photos of Rome.
yea please, fix the links i would love to see the pictures.
