In Ancient Rome,curatoreswere civil servants in charge of public works, overseeing the Empire’s aqueducts, bathhouses and sewers. From the early fifteenth century onward to the medieval period, thecuratuswas a parish priest devoted to the care (cura) of minors, “lunatics,” and other vulne...
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"By most measures, the last time Latin was a vibrant, significant, living language was during the 1700s," Giorgio Piras, director of the Department of Sciences of Antiquity at Rome's La Sapienza University, told Xinhua recently. Piras said Italy's decision comes at a time when interest in ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook New Testament (redirected fromGreek New Testament) Thesaurus Acronyms Encyclopedia n. The second part of the Christian Bible, consisting of the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Book of Revelation, which together descr...
All about Carnival: The festive season before LentThe name Carnival might come from a Latin phrase meaning “to take away meat.”(more)See all videos for this article In earlier times Rome was most conspicuous as the centre of Carnival activity, and the splendour and richness of the festivity...
ColosseumColosseum, Rome. © fabiomax/Fotolia TheColosseuminRomewas built in the first century by order of the EmperorVespasian. A feat of engineering, theamphitheatermeasures 620 by 513 feet (189 by 156 meters) and features a complex system of vaults. It was capable of holding 50,000 spect...
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Examples of this can be seen in artist Reweti Arapere's apparently effortless conflation of traditional M膩ori carving styles, and sneakers, camouflage pattern, spray paint and hoarding ply, and Terry Urbahn's vulgar tribute to Rome: a turbulent mosh of garbage in the river Tiber set to ...
Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo was premiered in 1600 in Rome. It was conceived to be performed in costume, bringing text and music together in a dramatic form, and is accepted as the first surviving opera, pre-dating works by Peri and Monteverdi. Its theme...
ROME, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which came at a time when economies worldwide are still grappling with the negative effects of COVID-19, poses a new challenge to global food security, an official with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...