Chapter 68 The splendor of ancient Rome

Dear Xiaowen: Rome (Rome) is now the capital of Italy (Italy), and also the capital of the ancient Rome Empire, so this word is not only the name of the city, but also the name of the country. There are many words with Roman in English, Roman Nose, Roman numerals... you will come across them gradually.There are also many idioms with Roman.All roads lead to Rome! (All roads lead to Rome.) The Romans liked to build roads, and the most famous road left behind was the Appian Way. Appian Way is the old highway to Rome from the south, lined with cypress tress. After the road leads to Rome, it is necessary to In Rome do as the Romans do. This is the Chinese meaning of "passing the road to ask the ban, entering the country to ask the vulgar", Otherwise, you will become a bumpkin.

When I arrived in Rome, it was so beautiful, there are monuments everywhere.This is exactly what Rome was not built in a day. On the map you pay attention to the place Pompeii.Nineteen hundred years ago, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii alive.But this burial preserved a complete ancient city two thousand years ago.Now half of the city has been dug out, allowing humans to see the original appearance of the ancient city 2,000 years ago. Xiaowen, tell me, how interesting it is! Rome moved all the gods of Greece to its own home, so it also has a temple of Apollo. Roman architecture is copied from Greece, but with two tricks added.The first pattern is "arch"; the second is "concrete".

The ancient Roman amphitheatre, called The Colosseum, was where people fed lions. Roman Holiday (Roman Holiday) means that it is fun to watch people suffer. That’s how it came about. The one who likes Roman Holiday the most is the Roman Emperor Nero. Some people say that he set fire to Rome, and there is an English idiom: To fiddle while Rome is burning. Rome originally believed in many gods, but Christians (Christians) ran out and said that they should not believe in anything else, only their God. As a result, during Nero's time, Christians were arrested, and Christians were scared and hid in catacombs (tombs).Because Roman law stipulates that it is not allowed to disturb the dead, Roman soldiers will not run to catch them.

The Roman soldiers were well dressed. The most famous general in Rome was Julius Caesar. Caesar was also a historian and the most troublesome object of obstetricians and gynecologists. ——Because Caesar's mother couldn't give birth to him, he had to be taken out of his stomach with a knife.It is called Caesarian operation (Caesarian section). From Caesar, come out many English sentences, such as: 1. to cross the Rubicon—to put one's eggs in one basket; to win or lose; to take decisive measures (the Rubicon is a river in central Italy). 2. Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered. - "I came, I saw, I conquered." (Caesar famous quote.)

3. Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesars; and unto God the things that are Gods. ——"Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and give back to God what is God's." (This is what Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew. Caesar not only refers to Julius Caesar, but also refers to the general Roman emperor.) In English, July comes from Caesar's name Julius.Thirty-one days in July is also his masterpiece. After Caesar beat Egypt, he was fascinated by the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.After Caesar was assassinated, his subordinate Antony was fascinated by Cleopatra again.So the French philosopher Pascal said: If Cleopatra's nose was shorter, the face of the whole world would have changed. (If the nose of Cleopatra had been a little shorter the whole face of the world would have been changed.)

There was also a Roman general named Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (?—290 B.C.), who dragged down Rome's great enemy, Hannibal. Opposite Rome is the ancient country of Carthage, which fought in the Punic Wars with Rome for 118 years. Hannibal is the general of Carthage, he is really great, he took thirty-seven elephants, crossed the mountains of the Pyrenees, the river Rhone, and came in from behind Rome. Rome had never seen an elephant, and he called it a beast "as big as a house", and was so frightened that he fainted.Fortunately, General Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullinnus of Rome used the method of not fighting frontally and fortifying the defense works and to leave nothing usable to the invading enemy to defeat Hannibal in the end.

This gradually affected the Fabian Society in Britain two thousand years later and the British Labor Party. The talent of the Fabian Society, Dad talked to you about GBS (George Bernard Shaw, Shaw Bernard Shaw), and now I will introduce two more. 1.British novelist: H.G. Wells, 2.British sociologist: Mrs. Beatrice Webb. Rome uses Latin.The first bumpkin of the Romans said he didn't understand Greek.English idiom It is Greek to me.Meaning I can't understand it.Later, the Romans wanted to use Greek for everything, and in the end they simply used Greek instead of their own Latin.

Because of the mixed culture of Greece and Rome, it is generally said that Greco-Roman, such as Greco-Roman Civilization, Greco-Roman Wrestling, etc. dad October 19, 1975