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Tag Archives: Isis
The Eternal City
I’m now in the Capitol of the Empire until Tuesday morning… I finally found THE best gelato in the world! Giolitti’s – kind of between the Trevi Fountain and the Piazza Navona neighborhoods… I hiked up a very nice, tree-lined street to the church of St John Lateran. It is the oldest christian church standing in the world – built by Constantine himself in the late 3rd century… Continue reading
Posted in Pompeii Food & Drink Project Redux, Rome
Tagged Augustan, Augustus, Capitol, cat sanctuary, Colosseum, Constantine, Empire, Flavian Amphitheater, forum, Giolitti, Isis, Iulius Caesar, Palatine, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Pompey, Pompey's Theater, Republican, Senate, Suburra, Torre Argentina, Trajan's Market, Trevi Fountain, Via Cavour
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Isis, cows and Lemonsoda
Today we started off in the House of Successus. There’s a large thermopolium in front and, once again, the professori feel that at one point this house was converted to a restaurant. I was dictating notes for Dr Curtis and a couple walked up, listened in a bit and said “that’s not what the guidebook says”. Everyone thought that was just funny… Continue reading
Posted in Pompeii Food & Drink Project Redux, Rome
Tagged atrium, corinthian columns, cubiculum, dominus, fresco, House of Successus, Isis, latrine, marble, mosaic, Pompeii, Rome, thermopolium, triclinium
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