The Book of Spectacles

This is the inside of the COLOSSEO (Italian word), it was an enormous and beautiful amphitheater, called flavian amphitheater because the construction was ordered by the emperor Vespasian, founder of the flavian dynasty (Vespasian and his two sons Titus and Domitian). The amphitheater was inaugurated by the emperor Titus (emperor for the short period 79-81), about the celebration for the inauguration the poet Martial wrote his LIBER DE SPECTACULIS, “The Book of Spectacles”, where he describes what happened in the colosseo in that day, memorable and terrible things. The amphitheater, 52 meters high, comprised, on an area of approximately 19.000 mq., four orders or plans of 80 arches everyone and contained approximately 70.000 places.

St. Peter's Basilica and my posts

I could tell you something about this monument but it would be very little thing, you can better go to the Wikipedia page on St._Peter's_Basilica . And now something about this blog. I got other visits from abroad:
Germany Werdohl, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Brazil Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
United States unknown
United States Eugene, Oregon
United States Clayton, North Carolina
Thanks! I'm very pleased but I'd like better get some answer.
Searching in my statistical site by referrals, I got the address of some site of yours... there is someone in different languages I don’t know at all, others where very complicated so that I didn’t find any interesting information in order to get in touch. Can you just write a word…? I hope so! Thank you.

Italian history in pills

Which monument is this? We call it "altare della patria" now it contains the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, an anonymous soldier fallen in war 1915-1918 (not 1914-1915, because Italy entered the war in 1915). On this monument two phrases are written PATRIAE UNITATI – CIVIUM LIBERTATI, that means “to the unit of the native land” and “to the freedom of the citizens”. In origin it was the monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, first King of Italy, born in 1820, king of Sardinia from 1848, king of Italy from 1861, died in 1878.
And now we return to the more important issue. Where are you, all over the world, Italian art lovers? I have already said these things… I’m becoming boring, I repeat, repeat, always the same thing… I have to change my music in order to get some more audience… perhaps it’s pathetic… but I’d want to succeed in finding some person interested to these things, I’d like only to exchange some ideas. What do Americans or Canadians or Australians think about Italy (art and culture but also daily life)? Have you ever been in Italy? Which impression did you bring back? Would you come here a second time?

PRACTICE ITALIAN IN CONVERSATION

Wow! Mi blog got the first visit from US (Texas Huston) and the first from Brazil (Rio De Janeiro) but I don’t know how to keep my blog visible after the moment I published it. Usually I get some visits (only) after that moment, but after two or three minutes a long silence begins till my new post, my little moment of glory ends in just a second! Do you know how to improve my visibility on the net? I’d like very well suggestions on this subject. If you like, just e/mail me or at list write a little comment (better with the address of your blog).

Nobody in US, Canada and Australia interested in classical culture?

I’d admit that my website (blog) isn’t so beautiful, there aren’t such interesting things, there aren’t special effects, neither curious things or jokes… It’s true, there are only boring things… but I ask myself, how is it possible that nobody reads my posts in the United States or Canada or Australia or also in England, here, in old Europe, just two steps from Italy… nevertheless nothing… I’ve got some readers from foreign countries, but very little thing, and always in a hurry. From my statistical site I can follow, at least until the privacy allows it, … It’s true, there are only boring things… but I ask myself, how is it possible that nobody reads my posts in the United States or Canada or Australia or also in England, here, in old Europe, just two steps from Italy… nevertheless nothing… I’ve got some readers from foreign countries, but very little thing, and always in a hurry. From my statistical site I can follow, at least until the privacy allows it, the activity of my readers on the site and from what I can see I only deduce that my website and what it proposes doesn't interest to nobody… I'm a little disappointed but nevertheless I wish to continue… perhaps my worst quality English can stop people potentially interested or perhaps I choose badly the titles or I do not know where to publicize my blog… I address to the College Students interested in practice Italian or classical subjects, to teachers, to all the persons who love the Italian and classical culture… where are you? I will continue writing my posts without getting tired, someone will answer, and at least I hope so.

Latet anguis in herba

Latet anguis in herba
(Vergil's Third Eclogue).

this phrase means " the snake hides in the grass", is a way to say in order to indicate that " must be prudent". Until here all good, but if there is someone that is interested to the language or to the Italian culture he must not have fear, "there aren't snakes in the grass!"
I never got neither single visit from US or Canada, only one from Australia, noting at all from UK. Nobody can read my posts? ...
And then the Latin, also in pills, is a beautiful language like English and Italian.
Dante said:

"nati non foste a viver come bruti
ma per seguir virtute e conoscenza"

this means that " we are not been born for living like the animals but in order to follow the virtue and wisdom . Therefore, courage!

Searching for someone in order to chat together in Italian or in English

My blog is going on, I don’t know why but I just got visits from:

France Paris, Ile-de-France,
Poland Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie,
Portugal Nogueira, Viseu,
Estonia Tallinn, Harjumaa,
Australia Perth, Western Australia,

Tanks everybody!

I got also a little comment on my last picture. That’s the beginning, but I hope someone to write something else and e/mail me, I just checked my mailbox that was empty!
After this big wave of messages from abroad the total calm arrived… I’ll kip putting pictures un my posts, pictures of Rome monuments… I go to check the Site Meter… nothing else…

Is there someone interested in Italian language, or in Latin language and civilization ?

I got a visit from Perth (Western Australia), therefore there’s someone over there who can read my posts! Great! It would be better e/mail me but I know people don’t like writing… and I have to apologize because I didn’t put my e/mail in my profile but I just inserted it, now, if you like, you can contact me!
Remember, if you study Italian or Latin or have intention sooner or later to come to Italy and to Rome in particular, it would be useful to get in contact with me. American, Canadian or Australian students don’t like Italy at all? No one of them studies Italian or Latin? Is it possible? Here in Italy, nowadays, studying English is mandatory in every kind of school… when I was young things where different, everybody (like me) studied French but now, by songs, films, internet and so on, English is spoken or at list understood everywhere also in Italy.
I can guarantee to you that Italy is beautiful and to know its history and its ancient and modern culture is useful for one wide cultural formation.

If you study Latin, or Italian...

If you study Latin, or Italian, or Italian literature and you are interested in writing or speaking Italian, in reading old authors (like Dante), or in studying Latin or Roman history, you can contact me simply by adding a comment to this post. I like very well to kip in touch with students or with someone else interested in cultural (classical) subjects. I’m an old man, I only care to open a dialogue with persons of English language on arguments that concern the history and the languages of my country. Probably you have understood that the my English isn’t so much good and must be improved, this is an other reason that pushes me to take contact with persons of English language. I hope that someone can read this message from the United States from Canada or from any other place where English is spoken. Until this moment I never got an answer to my previous posts but the hope is not jet completely collapsed.

Nothing from US or Canada

No more than 14 months ago, I created my website “ESSERE IN DUE” about being two, it was a website both for young and older people. My site started just like a little thing, but then step by step it became gradually more consisting. Next Sunday my website was classified TOP FIFE by Virgilio, one of the most important web companies in Italy, the days after the TOP FIVE classification, my site was visited by over thousand people a day, my site was also placed in Google motor. By my statistical site I was informed that it was visited from 15 different countries all over the world, including Japan, Egypt and Iceland but no visits from US neither from Canada. Now my week of glory is going to an end and my site will catch only ten o less visits a day. I don’t understand exactly what happened but, I repeat, no one from US or from Canada. Europe is an old Lady, it’s true, and Europe countries hardly know just something about America but, that’s my question, what do they know Americans about Europe? Are they interested in reading something about my ancient country? Are they used to surf European web ocean? I’m waiting for an answer.

Beacon in the night

It is beautiful to see a beacon far away in the night, the night seems less black.

It is beautiful to receive a message and to think that there is someone that reads what you write, and that effectively decides to answer to you… If there is someone of you interested in Italian or English conversation written or spoken (with some difficulty) go ahead, I'm waiting for an answer to my blog. If you like, visit my blogs, those in English are elementary but that one in Italian is worth the pain to read it. Have you something to ask to me on Italy, on the life in Italy or on the Italian culture? Go ahead and I will answer in Italian or in English, as you like it better.

Ancient Europe

This in my second post. It’s very hard to build a blog like this. I was used to MSN blog and now I have to start also this Google blog. Like you can see in my profile and below the site title, I’m searching for someone interested in exchanging experiences on cultural issues but also on young people life in other countries all over the world. I’d like better people from US or Canada in order to hear something about countries I have dreamed about. Europe is an ancient country, history, culture and so on, but I’d like to know something new about the new world that is so different!

Starting my blog

Dear friends,

I'm writing from Rome (Italy), English is not my native language, I'm searching for someone interested in exchanging e-mails in Italian or in English. I'd like to correspond with students 18 or over (better if interested in italian culture), but also with teachers or with someone else in order to improve their skills in Italian writing (by e-mail) or conversation (msn for example) and my skills in English (that are not so good). Better if you are interested in classical culture. I don't know how many people will give me an answer, I hope at list... one!

I just created my site in Italian, "ESSERE IN DUE"

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/eventually

and also my blog in Italian

http://spaces.msn.com/esserein2 .

My site and my blog are about "to be two", if you can read just a little Italian you could start from my site or my blog, if you like. I'd be very pleased.

Hi everybody!

Antonio