Amphitheatre

  • Interesting discovery getting some coverage in the English press but the fullest is from Il Messaggero: Che l’imperatore Commodo, il controverso figlio di Marco Aurelio, avesse una passione per i giochi gladiatori e i combattimenti contro le bestie, era noto. Non a caso le fonti storiche raccontavano che l’erede dell’imperatore filosofo avesse un anfiteatro privato…

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  • Image via Wikipedia An item  in the Daily Mail (hyping a television program, as often)  seems to be causing some excitement: His is among the most enduring ­legends in our island’s history. King Arthur, the gallant warrior who gathered his knights around the Round Table at Camelot and rallied Christian Britons against the invading pagan…

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