Roman cuisine didn’t really have borders, and while some dishes are relatively well-known to us and can still be eaten today, the others are surprising and can be considered weird by a modern person. Weird Roman Foods Flamingo tongue Dormice Sea Urchins Garum Ice Cream Giraffe Jellyfish Ost...
所属专辑:英文朗读 声音简介 Two thousand years ago, Rome was the biggest city in the world. Life in Ancient Rome was different from Rome today. But was the food different too? Roman Food Romans usually ate bread, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruit and nuts. They also ate meat, like chicken...
声音简介 Two thousand years ago, Rome was the biggest city in the world. Life in Ancient Rome was different from Rome today. But was the food different too? Roman Food Romans usually ate bread, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruit and nuts. They also ate meat, like chicken and fish, but no...
If you have always wanted to know what an actual Roman villa was like 2000 years ago, then head for Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini. This new yet antique attraction was only discovered in 2007 and provides a unique insight into the life of the ancient Romans. Instead of musty ruins,...
Welcome back. I am splitting up our trip to Rome in manageable chunks...if you missed them, here is Part 1 and Part 2. Today I am sharing some of
In their schools the Roman alphabet was taught exclusively and what was good enough for the Roman children was good enough for everybody else. You will understand that the Egyptian language did not long survive the indifference and the opposition of the Roman governors. It was forgotten. It ...
Greek ceramic art fell away in both technique and creative merit, sustained only by a number of regional styles in the colonies, although Hellenistic pottery and painting continued to exert a major influence over emerging ceramic centres of Etruscan art, and on Roman art until the Imperial era....
And in this poem love does sound like a battlefield, to borrow a phrase from Pat Benatar. I believe Sappho is telling us that she can't always control the way she feels, or what happens when she falls in love (or lust). Oscar Wilde said that he could resist everything but temptation...
You’ll run into ruins from Malta’s Roman and Byzantine eras as you stroll around. For one of the best photography viewpoints, head to Tigné Point near Sliema’s The Point shopping mall (above). The stores are worth checking out as well, particularly Kiko Milano makeup and Oysho...
Advertisement Blend of Romance, Hokum A curious blend of romance, archeology and hokum is brewing here. Nara, Japan’s capital between 646 and 794, asserts that it was the “eastern terminus” of the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that linked the Roman, Persian, Indian and Chinese civil...