Rome, the eternal (part 4).

 

Ruins of Pompei. Photo: Daniel Delgado, 2010.

Among the basic objectives, in the study of the events of the past, is the correct interpretation of the available data. It permits an increase in the probability to get closer to the historical truth. Of course, most of the time is not an easy task. It may happen the same as the Ancient Egypt: plenty of clues, but difficult to understand. Or as the Sumerian, with their history buried under tons of sediments. Perhaps, by chance, as it happened with Pompei. What to say about Troy and its discovery, by someone who believed in Homer´s legends? But it is also possible to face hard to solve riddles...

Rome, the eternal (part 1).

Maquette of Rome, Times of Constantine, by Italo Gismondi, ca. 1937.
Photo: Annie Dalbera, 2011. Lic. CC BY 2.0

Rome exerted an undeniable influence over the so called "Western culture". For several centuries, they imposed an omnimode power, ruling most part of the known world. In History, it would never happen again... The Pax Romana, despite all its faults, induced a cultural unit trending, along their vast domains. Of course, that finally brought interesting consequences. Later, when the roman empire decayed and fell, came stagnation times. But, the human spirit carried their good seed.