PONS AEMILIUS - the oldest Roman bridge built in Rome in142 BC
In the background there is PONS FABRICIUS one of the few Roman bridge still existing in its original state. Has been continuously in use since 62 BC (the year after Cicero was consul) when, according to Dio Cassius, the bridge was built. It take its name by Lucius Fabricius, the curator of the roads and a member of the gens Fabricia of Rome.
kissing the ocean
Casina delle Civette
I took the above picture at the end of the summer 2014 in Rome, inside a little park named villa Torlonia.
"We have stated that women have the same rights and duties as men"
Republic, VII 540 C
Rome, 19 April 2015
Somewhere in central Italy
Republic, II 380 B
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