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Transform Your Office Cubical into a Roman Palace With a Chariot Chair [Desired]
Have you ever noticed that the desks in your office form a cubicle version of Rome's Circus Maximus? And since battling lions and gladiators to determine who gets the last donut was phased out before you joined the company, perhaps a winner-takes-all chariot race is more appropriate? More »
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Documentary of the Day: Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome (2004)
As always, not sure how long this one will stay up: Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome (IMDB) This documentary is not bad/pretty good and looks at the Circus Maximus, Trajan’s Forum and Market, Aqueducts, the Baths of Caracalla, Roman Ro... Read Post
Chariot Racing in Rome Redux
My box filled with this one yesterday... more articles with more details; this one is from Spiegel: If one Italian entrepreneur has his way, Rome's Circus Maximus will once again play host to roaring chariot racing. It's time, he sa... Read Post
Beach Soccer in the Circus Maximus?
Image via Wikipedia The incipit of a piece in the Times that leaves one’s head a-shaking: Once famed for staging Ben Hur-style chariot races, the Circus Maximus in Rome is about to suffer the ultimate humiliation: a beach football t... Read Post