As always, my heart breaks to leave Roma.  She bears so many lessons for the present day about who we are individually and collectively.  If we could only take a moment to pause and listen to her lessons, how many modern errors we could avoid. A presto, Roma!

Above to the heavens and below to the ancient city. A day of contrasts! Today we began our explorations at Hadrian's castle, whose original structure was an ancient Roman tumulus built as a mausoleum to the emperor, Hadrian. Built right on the Tiber River and directly downhill from Mons Vaticanus, this monumental structure became the … Continue reading Su e Giù →

Art and artifice all in one most beautiful city: Roma. This morning afforded us with the opportunity to revel in the classically inspired works of the Italian artist, Bernini. Bernini took the best lessons of the sculptors of the Greek Classical and Hellenistic eras and breathed into them the most incredible sense of movement, tangibility, … Continue reading Art and Artifice →

Never gets old. Today we visited the Colosseum! For the moment we'll ignore all the death (3 species of animals went extinct in the amphitheater games) and destruction and just focus on the magnificence of the architecture, right? Did you know that the Colosseum could hold 80,000 spectators and could be emptied in 15 minutes … Continue reading Are you not entertained?? →

I always forget how wiped out the first day gets you! I can really imagine how the Cornelians felt after falling into that ditch! Here are some of our adventures today: At the Piazza della Repubblica with the Baths of the emperor Diocletian at our back!On the Tiber River, a beautiful Saint Peter's Basilica behind … Continue reading Siamo arrivati! →

As King T'Challa says upon entering Wakanda, "This never gets old."  Please join us on this blog as we post daily about our adventures through 3,000 years of Roman history. “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” -Augustus, Roman emperor