Archive for March, 2008
Home Sweet Imperial Home: House of Augustus reopens
by Antonino John Scoppettuolo (staff) | Monday, March 10th, 2008
Amid much fanfare last November the authorities in Rome announced the March 2008 reopening of the so-called houses “of Augustus” and “of Livia”. The announcement was made in the wake of archaeologists’ alleged discovery of the so-called Lupercal, the cave where – according to a founding Roman myth – brothers Romulus and Remus were suckled by the she-wolf. The openings are also unique in that they have set the ball-rolling precedent at the Palatine after a half-century freeze on excavations and closures to the public.
Down the Tiber to Ostia Antica
by Nicole Gipson (columnist) | Friday, March 7th, 2008
If Rome’s roots are at this river and its history unfolded beside it, then we’ve a lot to learn from its waters. Nicole Gipson takes us on an unforgettable journey through time along the Tiber.
Autism and the Future
by Noel Gibb (columnist) | Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Noel Gibb, an English consultant on autism and education who has been working in Rome since January 2007, gives an outsider’s view of the situation in Rome, from the inside.
