…And rightfully so. I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak – of what I hope to see in Rome – yesterday, in Itálica. About ten miles outside of Sevilla, it houses the ruins of a city built by the Romans in 206 BC. El Conjunto Arqueologicigo de Itálica preserves what archeologists have been digging up for years and years: streets, homes, mosaics, and the magnificent stadium used to by warriors to fight, as an entertaining sporting event (like in the movie Gladiator). As our guide was describing how brave warriors would fight to the death (literally, every single time), we looked around and suddenly felt as if the seats in the stadium were filled with loud, drunk Romans cheering on their favorite fighter. Goosebumps.
As we walked through what is now left of Italica, I couldn’t help but be fascinated by the intelligence and “technology” that was used some 19 centuries ago. Did you know, the checkerboard style street (similar to what we see in Chicago) was created by the Romans? Or that they came up with the first, efficient way to get rid of bodily waste (still used in Ghana)? Well, I didn’t.
It’s been said, pictures speak a thousand words. I’d like you to enjoy a few snapshots from my visit…as my description would NOT do justice to the work I’ve seen.
Enjoy!
The photos are definitely worth a thousand words! So awesome:)
ReplyDeletewhen i was in rome this summer guide our tour guide liked to remind us that romans invented basically everything ;)
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