I would love to see Pompei, Herculaneum, and whatsit because the are such important sites in themselves. There are certain Roman engineering feats I admire, but it always strikes me that history treats the Romans as if they had come out of nowhere - when in reality they borrowed concepts and ideas from everybody, and they were by no means 'destined for greatness' as later narratives make it out.
(Go Team Hannibal!)
Ahem.
I forgot who it was on my flist/rlist who recently remarked about The Eagle that we (as in, Western Consumers) are used to seeing ourselves in the role of the conquerors, the people who bring civilisation to the Barbarians, only in the case of the Romans and the British Isles, _we are the Barbarians_.
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Date: 2011-04-25 04:31 pm (UTC)(Go Team Hannibal!)
Ahem.
I forgot who it was on my flist/rlist who recently remarked about The Eagle that we (as in, Western Consumers) are used to seeing ourselves in the role of the conquerors, the people who bring civilisation to the Barbarians, only in the case of the Romans and the British Isles, _we are the Barbarians_.