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Happy birthday, Rome! - Jona Lendering - 04-21-2006
21st of April, 753 BCE: Foundation of Rome
I know that human occupation is earlier, I know that the clustering of hilltop settlements that is by archaeological definition identical to proto-urbanization is earlier, and I know C14 has recently shown that it all happened much earlier than was always thought, but still:
[size=200:385t1qn7]HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/size]
yes happy birthday - Goffredo - 04-21-2006
Yes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rome!
What would be without Rome?
Re: Happy birthday, Rome! - Robert Vermaat - 04-21-2006
Happy Birthday Roma!!
How does one say that in Latin?
Ah, so why is this OT? I'm moving it to the birthday section.
Re: Happy birthday, Rome! - Susanne - 04-21-2006
Happy Birthday!!!
Re: Happy birthday, Rome! - Marius_Ursus - 04-21-2006
Felix dies natalis!
I think that's right...
Re: Happy birthday, Rome! - Spurius - 04-22-2006
I wonder, does the city of Rome still celebrate this day?
Re: Happy birthday, Rome! - Jona Lendering - 04-24-2006
Yes, definitely.
I fondly recall its 2750th birthday, in 1997, when on the Capitol a copy of the statue of Marcus Aurelius was unveiled. There was a big white plastic sail across it, but the wind caught it and soon, the head of the emperor became visible, followed by an arm and the head of the horse. Now the Italian TV had paid for the image of the unveiling, and a car of the fire-brigade entered the square, where the visitors refused to leave.
Mayor Rutelli saved the situation. Improvising a speech, he said that if the emperor were addressing his people, it would be inappropriate if officials intervened, and that he was proud to announce that the good emperor had personally decided to greet the Romans.
After this, he announced that people would no longer have to buy a ticket for the Forum, and that was the end of the meeting.