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.”

“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

Fragmentary Latin inscriptions can be completed with AI A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world

A new model is finding connections spanning the Roman world

Teeth marks suggest 'terror bird' was killed by reptile 13 million years ago Terror birds could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks.

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