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On Wednesday 2 November 9 pm the HBO-BBC epic coproduction Rome starts on BBC2.
After eight years of war, Julius Caesar has triumphed over the Gauls and looks set to return to Rome. But his soaring popularity is making his co-counsel Pompey Magnus fear that he wants to seize control and return as a dictator. When Caesar’s personal standard is stolen, Mark Antony entrusts two unwilling soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, with the near impossible task of retrieving it.
As well as being a feast for the eye, Rome provides food for thought. It offers, for example, many modern-day political echoes.
The Rome derby between Roma and Lazio rarely passes off without incident and Sunday’s 1-1 draw here at the Olympic Stadium was no exception.
With 16 minutes to go, referee Gianluca Paparesta was hit in the face by what was believed to be coin thrown from a section of home fans.
The incident was played down by Paparesta, who was eager to get on with the match.
But it revived memories of last season when Swedish referee Andres Frisk was struck by a missile thrown by a Roma fan in a Champions League tie.
Roma were subsequently given a two-match stadium ban by UEFA and they could now find themselves in hot water with the Italian football authorities, who are under pressure from the government to eradicate hooliganism.
The latest missile-throwing incident comes a week after a woman was hit by a firework at a Serie A match between Ascoli and Sampdoria
When asked if he thought Roma will be punished for the incident, Lazio president Claudio Lotito refused to get involved.
“Lazio have got nothing to do with it,� he said. “It’s something for the home team (Roma) to sort out.�
On the pitch, Roma took the lead in the 40th minute when Francesco Totti ran on to a superb through-ball from Rodrigo Taddei before clipping the ball past Marco Ballotta, a late replacement for Angelo Perruzzi who injured himself in the warm-up.
Totti, whose heavily pregnant wife Ilary was supporting him from the stands, celebrated by stuffing the ball underneath his shirt and pretending to give birth on the running track.
Lazio drew level in the 57th minute when Tommaso Rocchi headed home Cesar’s left-wing cross.
Substitute Shabani Nonda almost nicked it for Roma in stoppage time but he smashed a good chance wildly over the bar from 12 yards.
In playing in goal for Lazio, Ballotta, aged 41 years and six months, became the oldest goalkeeper to appear in a Serie A match, beating the previous record held by Dino Zoff by three months.
Meanwhile, the injury-plagued Filippo Inzaghi scored his first Serie A goal in 19 months to give second-placed AC Milan a 2-1 victory over Palermo on Sunday.
Inzaghi’s diving header secured the three points and his first goal since March 2004.
After his long spell on the sidelines with injury, Inzaghi returned as a substitute in the past two games for Milan but he was back in the starting line-up against Palermo and repaid coach Carlo Ancelotti with a vital goal.
It was a pulsating opening half and after creating several chances, with Mario Santana hitting the cross-bar, Palermo went ahead when Fabio Grosso crossed from the left and Stephen Makinwa headed the ball into the path of Caracciolo, who slotted home.
Milan responded with a furious assault on the Sicilian goal.
Inzaghi missed a chance, Alberto Gilardino forced Palermo goalkeeper Nicola Santoni into a fine save and then Gattuso’s first time shot from outside the area brought Ancelotti’s side level.
Milan piled on the pressure after the break but were unable to find a way through until Marek Jankulovski crossed from the left and Inzaghi flung himself at the ball with a diving header that flashed past Santoni.
“I’m really delighted with that goal – I feel I’m back to being the player I once was,� said Inzaghi, who was mobbed by his ecstatic teammates after his winner. – AFP
The Romans built thousands of miles of wonderful roads, to connect every part of the empire back to Rome. Up until about a hundred years ago, people were still using these roads, as roads! In recent years, instead of building new roads, modern engineers simply covered many of the old Roman roads with a coat of asphalt. The Romans did a wonderful job building roads!
To help people find their way, while traveling these roads, the Romans more or less invented the milestone which grew increasingly wordy, and increasingly tall, to be easily readable from a vehicle. Some are 6 feet tall. The milestone usually gave the mileage to the nearest large city, sometimes to an intermediate place as well; and the date and perhaps who paid for the road.
There seems to have been no formal traffic code, including what side of the road to drive on; but there were various laws about what you could and could not do on a given type and location of road, and when you could do it. Roads were considerably less crowded, and much less traveled than today. The real danger on a road was ambush by highway robbers: which shows that a traveling vehicle could be alone on any given stretch of road.
A Vatican-recognized university is offering a course in exorcism and demonic possession for a second year, concerned about the devil’s lure, particularly among young Italians.
Standing in solemn prayer, about 120 priests, lay people and theology students this week began the course that is intended to clear up misconceptions and understand what makes people turn to the occult.
The opening class of the “Exorcism and Prayer of Liberation� on Thursday at the Pontifical Academy Regina Apostolorum featured lectures about liturgical and spiritual aspects of Satanism and problems related to exorcism.
“The aim of this course is to express a clear vision of the phenomenon,� said Italian Bishop Andrea Gemma, a leading exorcist who delivered the opening lecture.
“Exorcism … is an important prayer of the church to help those who believe to be, or who really are suffering from a diabolic infestation,� he told his audience.
Pope Benedict XVI welcomed a large group of Italian exorcists who visited the Vatican on Sept. 14 and encouraged them to carry on in their work “in the service of the church.�
Exorcism, the Roman Catholic rite in which demons are expelled from “possessed� persons, is usually administered by priests with the permission of a bishop.
The Rev. Gabriele Nanni, an exorcist and lecturer of the course, said there were four widely accepted signs of possession, such as “speaking in unknown languages, showing a disproportionate physical strength beyond one’s natural capacity, the repulsion to sacred things such as crucifix and prayers, and knowledge of events that have happened far away, in terms of times and places.� Some of the signs were depicted in the 1973 movie “The Exorcist.�
Students received a paper detailing a 10-point guide to recognize and prevent interest in the occult. It included a suggestion to parents to monitor whether their children wear strange pendants or T-shirts, listen to loud music on their home stereos or watch too many horror movies.
Want to participate in the course? You can register at the University web site
Rome mayor thus explained his decision to name a street after right-wing activist Paolo di Nella, killed in 1983 as he posted flyers in Villa Chigi: “we must be opponents not enemies. Other people’s ideas should not be cause enough for us to commit murder”. The street named after Di Nella is in fact in Villa Chigi itself. The naming of the street which crosses through the middle of Villa Chigi comes four years after the submittal of 3000 signed petitions. The inauguration ceremony was also attended Agriculture Minister Gianni Alemanno, Culture Councillor Gianni Borgna, and many other AN party MPs and politicians. “As of today – says AN party Councillor Malcotti – Paolo will live on in the memories of the whole city, not just those of his friends. Mayor Veltroni needs to be credited for having welcomed a proposal issued by the right. The only bitter note, on an otherwise good day, were communist party posters opposing the decision; having said which I have no interest in commenting”. The ceremony was attended by some 150 militants belonging to Azione giovani [Youth Action]. The placard bearing the activist’s name reads “Viale Paolo Di Nella – a victim to violence (1963-83)”. According to Concillor Borgna “those were dramatic years; years in which it was widely believed that political opponents could be struck down without consequence. It is now understood that dialogue needs to be open to all. That is why we feel it is right to have named this street after Di Nella”
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Illustration that Rome wasn’t built in a day is evident as you travel around the city whose history is arguably the fullest and richest of any city in the world. The Eternal City has something to offer everyone: the food, the culture, the ambience and the surrounding scenery make a great first stop for any Italian vacation. Rome is not only the capital but also the religious, architectural, and artistic center of Italy. Over two thousand years of history are waiting to be explored in and around Rome. 753 BC has traditionally been recognized as the established birth of Rome. Etruscan kings would rule the city until the Civil War and the end of the Republic in 31 BC. Rome would progress through the Roman Principate and later the era of Byzantine or Roman Empire. The city would host some of the most famous and infamous leaders in the eyes of history, from Julius Caesar to Mussolini. Architecture would be influenced by Greek cultures, while Italians would bring innovation to a new level with the invention of the Roman aquaduct. The city would inspire the Renaissance era, with its architecture, music and art still very much alive today. Michelangelo would complete one of the most famous creations in art history within the Sistine Chapel.
Today monuments to Italy’s celebrated past can be seen throughout the city, travel to the famous Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Castle Sant’Angelo, or the Catacombs of San Callisto. A walking tour through the Vatican where you can visit St. Peter’’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel will provide a days worth of inspiration. The sites and activities are numerous, be sure to bring enough film!
A coproduction between HBO and BBC, the new series about ancient Rome.
The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. The ruling class has become extravagantly wealthy, with a precipitous decline in the old values of Spartan discipline and social unity. There is now a great chasm between the classes. Legal and political systems have weakened, and power has increasingly shifted to the military.
After eight years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar has completed his masterful conquest of Gaul, and is returning to Rome. He brings with him legions of battle-hardened, loyal men, unimaginable riches in slaves, gold and plunder, and a populist agenda for radical social change. The aristocracy is terrified, and threatens to prosecute him for war crimes if he enters Rome. The delicate balance of power lies in the Senate with Caesar’s old friend, partner and mentor, Pompey Magnus.
Such is the situation when two soldiers of Caesar’s 13th Legion, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, are ordered into the wilds of Gaul to retrieve their legion’s stolen standard, the unifying symbol of Caesar’s legion, setting off a chain of circumstances that will entwine them in pivotal events of ancient Rome. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, ROME chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a Republic and the creation of an empire.
Admirers of Edouard Manet will have the opportunity to view 132 of the French impressionist’s works, including five prints from the National Gallery of Canada, at an art exhibit opening Saturday in Rome.
The show, which runs through Feb. 5 at the Vittoriano museum, includes oil paintings, sketches, prints and photographs from throughout Manet’s career. Among the works from the National Gallery on display will be The Urchin.
The compilation of pieces reflect Manet’s passion for the sea, urban scenes and the female body. They also explore the role Spanish artists such as Goya had in influencing Manet’s work.
Manet, sometimes called the father of impressionism, caused much consternation among art academics of his day by defying traditional techniques and choosing subjects from current events.
Organizers said the exhibition is meant to illustrate the power of an artist who, despite never having participated in exhibitions by his fellow impressionists, was widely recognized as their leader.
Many of the works on display have been borrowed from France, while others come from museums in Brazil, the United States, as well as Canada. The National Gallery in Ottawa has 15 of Manet’s works in its collection, said Anouk Hoedeman, media relations officer.
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