Illusions of Ancient Rome

 Feeling catapulted to the past and being in a two-thousand-year-old Roman camp, often under the blue skies, often doesn't happen, so even a busy painter doesn't know how to respond. I took these photographs about a week ago in the fascinating archaeological site of the Circus of Maxentius, along the Appia Antica in Rome. The only detail that has led to the recent appearance of the images, the ruins in the background, the resistant skeletons of ancient glory. Instead, imagine high-rise walls and buildings decorated with marble, friezes and statues in the background of legionnaires. The people you see in the photos are all volunteers who meet regularly to study and reconstruct the lives of the ancient Romans. They come from all over Italy, men and women of all ages, and also learn how the Romans fought, camped, dyed fabrics, and so on. They come from other European countries traveling around the country to show their curiosity with curiosity. They wear faithful copies of clothes, weapons, Roman stockings and speak Latin. They do this for pleasure and for the satisfaction of preserving the history and culture of an empire that can be defined as the cradle of many civilizations without fear of contradiction. Unmissable. Note: Versace must have seen blue shields in the '90s ...