The Six Pictures of Rome You Should Definitely Take (Part 1)

Rome is a place of beauty and history. It cradles towering ancient architecture and meltingly good cuisine. It is a place with a great depth of time. A place where the layers of art, perspectives on life, and human expression have piled high.

But, no matter how much the art of the pantheon may touch your soul, the Italians will try to prevent you from taking it home. To save you the trouble of having to pull a “National Treasure: Really Cool Roman Building” style heist, here is a list of four photographic archetypes that can help you easily bring the feeling of Rome with you.

1 - The Roman Colosseum

Creative Commons picture by Sebastian Bergmann.

This building is a monument to love. Not the normal “you should feel guilty for not building something this cool for your spouse” sort of thing. Instead this shows that around 70 AD people liked their sports THAT much. Instead of a giant temple or statue of a god or leader they built a humongous monument to their sports.

Just shy of 2000 years ago people loved getting together and watching various types of fights almost as much as people do today. Luckily some of our fights have become more ceremonial in nature. However, it does show that unfortunately, and luckily, humanity doesn’t change much.

The same forces that brought us from then to now still drive us. The many triumphs and noble decisions we have made may be repeated. Yet, all the mistakes that people have made since the time of Nero, we are also at risk of making again.

Here are the other articles in this series:

• The Six Pictures of Rome You Should Definitely Take (Part 1)
• The Six Pictures of Rome You Should Definitely Take (Part 2)
• The Six Pictures of Rome You Should Definitely Take (Part 3)
• The Six Pictures of Rome You Should Definitely Take (Part 4, The Final Photo)