Monday, April 22, 2024

01.04.24: hearing the Romans

We're sometimes "deafened" by Cicero, Caesar, Catullus and the other grand masters of Latin Literature but we don't hear the "voices" of the ordinary Romans. While we read about gladiatorial fights and victory palms, ordinary citizens drew them on walls in Pompeii 2000 years ago. The third picture shows the victory palm. What it says below the picture I'll talk about in the next post.









 

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