Image: Pollice Verso, 1872 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, via WikipediaScientists who've researched the contents of a burial site full of the 1,800-year-old remains of 80 male bodies believe them to be...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/13/1800-Year-Old-Burial-Site-Thought-to-be-Remains-of-Roman-Gladiators/For some people, art is an act of extreme patience... ...minutes.Take, for example, this street artist in Rome . While it may look like he is starting with a sim...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/11/Amazing-Street-Artist-In-Rome-Shows-Off-Skills/[http://youtu.be/OPHRIjI3hXs] (YouTube link)C.G.P. Grey explains Vatican City in just a few minutes -which is a quick overview, because the smallest country in the world is apparently the most complicated. Or at least ve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/11/Vatican-City-Explained/Photo: Shutterstock Drugs. It's n... ...ou have to do to inhale some cocaine in Rome is to go outdoors and take a breath:... ...he Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research in Rome . Meanwhile, Bologna and Florence had...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/21/Cocaine-is-in-the-Air/Vatican City may have fewer than 1,000 citizens an... ...ed Anne Boleyn (and four other women), leading to Rome ’s break with the Church of England. The archive... ...etimes dying for the cause. During the sacking of Rome in 1527, for instance, three quarters of them wer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/27/10-secrets-of-the-vatican-exposed/An apartment in Rome that measures 55 square feet may be the smallest...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/07/worlds-smallest-apartment-is-up-for-sale/Back in 1st century A.D. (or C.E., if it pleases y... ... Jackie118 has more fascinating history of Nero's Rome
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/13/neros-rotating-dining-hall-discovered/The month of January, named for the two-headed Rom... ...last month of the year. Then power brokers in Rome decided it would be more politically advantageous...
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