Roman Empire

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Bera

Arch of Bera: little honorific arch for the Roman senator Lucius Licinius Sura, erected in the Spanish town of Bera.Twenty kilometers to the east of Tarragona stands, near a village called El Roc de Sant Gaietà, this simple arch. It…

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Berlin, Altes Museum

When the Altes Museum was founded at the beginning of the nineteenth century, many people believed in Winckelmann’s theory that only the ancient Greeks had been able to create truly great art, and that the only way for artists to…

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Berlin, Bode-Museum

I am just back from a quick visit to Berlin. Although I had visited the city several times before, I had never been to the Bode-Museum. Stupid me: it is one of the most beautiful museums I’ve ever been to.…

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