Suetonius on Caligula
Christian went on his way; yet, at the sight of the Old Man that sat in the mouth of the cave, he could not tell what to think, especially because he spake to him, though he could not go after him, saying, "You will never mend till more of you be burned." Bunyan
Heavily symbolic wherever you live
But when the bright light of all the world was put out, or, rather, when the Roman Empire was decapitated, and, to speak more correctly, the whole world perished in one city
St. Jerome
Croesus on the pyre from an Attic Vase
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make…
I could have been a contender
“The words of this wizard stand on their heads. In the language of Orthanc help means ruin, and saving means slaying, that is plain.”
Gimli
“Well, there it goes again. … And we just sit here without opposable thumbs.”
Familiar
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Roman fragment
Francois Tomb in Vulci, Italy, a fresco portrait of Vel Saties, an Etruscan aristocrat
Iron and Coal - by William Bell Scott
( with the little girl at the left ignoring Heath and safety issues / fire, hammers, hot metal etc )
Strong room Corbridge
Sol
Corbridge lion
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…
Rome
Teeth marks suggest 'terror bird' was killed by reptile 13 million years ago www.bbc.com/news/article...
Must have been a bit more attractive to the in crowd in the 30s
Nice spot for a Roman villa Lake Garda
