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The Great Fire of Rome (Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the 19th of July 64 AD. [1] The fire started in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus . After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days.
Michel Cohen (born 1953) is a French art dealer born in Paris, France. [1] Cohen sold high-value paintings—works by Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Chagall—stolen from art galleries. [2] He was arrested by Interpol in 2003, while living in Brazil, and imprisoned in Rio de Janeiro. [2] [3] He later escaped from prison and disappeared. [2] He is the ...
The painting was first exhibited in 1876 at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. It went on to tour Europe with stops in Vienna, Munich, Prague, Lviv, Berlin, Saint Petersburg, Poznań, Paris and London. It was met with critical acclaim by masters of academic art such as Hans Makart and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. [3]
Marianne Christine Stang Ihlen (Norwegian: [mɑrɪˈɑ̂nːə ˈîːln̩]; 18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) [nb 1] was a Norwegian woman who was the first wife of author Axel Jensen and later the muse and girlfriend of Leonard Cohen for several years in the 1960s. [5]
The sacred fire of Vesta was a sacred eternal flame in ancient Rome.The Vestal Virgins, originally numbering two, later four, and eventually six, were selected by lot and served for thirty years, tending the holy fire and performing other rituals connected to domestic life—among them were the ritual sweeping of the temple on June 15 and the preparation of food for certain festivals.
In some Roman traditions, Rome's founders Romulus and Remus and the benevolent king Servius Tullius were conceived in this way. [2] Vesta was among the Dii Consentes, twelve of the most honored gods in the Roman pantheon. [3] She was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, and sister of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, and Ceres. Her Greek equivalent is ...
[3] [4] This event was portrayed numerous times in Roman art. [5] Her story is told in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita Libri of Livy [ 6 ] and in Cassius Dio 's Roman History . [ 7 ] The Legend of Rhea Silvia recounts how she was raped by Mars while she was a Vestal Virgin , resulting in the twins, [ 4 ] as mentioned in the Aeneid [ 8 ] and ...
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