Monday April 4, 2011
In a nutshell, classical Rome lasted about a thousand years: roughly 500 BC to 500 AD. It grew for 500 years, peaked for 200 years and fell for 300 years. The first half was a republic — run by elected senators, the last half an empire — run by unelected emperors. In its glory days, the word Rome meant not the city but what Romans considered the entire civilized world. Everyone was either Roman or barbarian. People who didn't speak Latin or Greek sounded to the Romans almost like animals: like they were saying bar-bar-bar... barbarians.
We got up about 6:30 ate breakfast in the hotel and headed to the Colosseum. We were there about an hour.
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