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What a woman says to a desiring lover one ought to write in the wind and in swift-flowing water.

Catullus 70

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The last thing I want to suggest to all the Classics nerds traveling to Italy sometime in the future certainly falls under the category of "geography."

Climb Mount Vesuvius.

You get to stand atop the steaming cauldron that killed so many people, staring over the railings trying to get a glimpse of its weapons inside...it's like Augustus' cigarette metaphor from The Fault in Our Stars, except WAY more hardcore.

And you can't beat that view.

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More pictures of Colonia Ulpia Traiana!  Click on the pictures for more information; first post can be found here.

Sources: wikipedia, the Xanten Archeological Park brochure.

Pictures: all taken by me during my visit to C.U.T.

Happy Ancient Civilizations and Languages week, everybody!

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Also even though it's not myth day anymore I'd still love some more myth-related asks.

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I'm so jetlagged. Wondering whether I should go to sleep or work on my aclw post for tomorrow.