The Shape of Rome (2013)
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The Shape of Rome (2013)
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#2Visiting Rome is one of the most beautiful experiences you can do, it's a time machine back into the past, it's walking through history.
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#3This article is so well written! Absolutely delightful to read.
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#4 The new Mayor... announced his intention to destroy one of the city’s central roads, the Via dei Fori Imperiali,
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#5This was a great read - thank you for sharing.
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#6This article is so well written! Absolutely delightful to read.
Ex Urbe's writing is generally pretty great. Do check out her series on Machiavelli, the inventor of Consequentalism: https://www.exurbe.com/?p=1429 .
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#7Previously discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8679210
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#8Tangentially related since the article describes the underlying Temple of Mithras -- the newly reconstructed London Mithraeum opens free to the public (tickets required) on Nov 14. Check it out if you're in London!
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#9The new Mayor... announced his intention to destroy one of the city’s central roads, the Via dei Fori Imperiali, ... which didn't exist before Mussolini anyway. This is a restorative act, not a destructive one.
...did you actually read the article? You're not disagreeing with it.
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#10The new Mayor... announced his intention to destroy one of the city’s central roads, the Via dei Fori Imperiali, ... which didn't exist before Mussolini anyway. This is a restorative act, not a destructive one.
...did you actually read the article? You're not disagreeing with it.
yes true, but I think he is disagreeing with the word choice as it makes it seem like the Mayor was doing a bad thing. It would be more neutral to say he restored it or even removed it but destroyed has a negative connotation.