Today is the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael. He died in Rome aged 37. He gave us many great works including The School of Athens and The Disputation. His tomb is in the Pantheon.

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809 - "Loathe the way they light candles in Rome
But love the sweet air of the votives
Hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone
Engage with the pain as a motive"

's Zephyr and my Violetta having a quiet moment ;__; <3

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The Life of St. Ignatius Loyola. Plate 6. The vision at La Storta (outside Rome) I will be favourable to you in Rome.

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1536 The last Roman triumph recorded by Historian Onofrio Panvinio was the Royal Entry of HRE Charles V into after his conquest of Tunis in 1535.

Charles announcing the capture of Tunis to Pope Paul III, as imagined in an anonymous 16th c. tapestry

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Within 3 years of Pyrrhus' departure from southern Italy, Tarentum had fallen and Rome became the dominant power in southern Italy, paving its way for future incursions to the east.

Image Credit: Piom / CC.

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He was in Rome 1513-6 & had a good relationship with the Pope & met with the French King. He entered the King’s service in 1516, & was given a Manor House & a pension. Woman (1508), Embryo (1509-14) & St John (1510-15). The latter was based on Salai, his lover.

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Filippo Lauri (Rome, 25 August 1623 - 12 December 1694) was an Italian painter

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Garden of Words, Illuminations from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, ms. Latin 1156B, f. 135r, 15th century

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TIME SOLDIERS - Master System, 1989, Alpha Denshi. You must rescue 5 warriors from different time periods: Primitive Age, Age of Rome, The World Wars and a Future World ⏳

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For future orators the quality of Demosthenes' works and speeches he left behind became a major source of inspiration - to none more so than Cicero, Rome's answer to Demosthenes. After death, Demosthenes became the epitome of Athenian virtue

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this is for collin and rome

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Likewise Michelangelo Buonarroti's 1520 Rome rediscovered Signed and Dated "Portrait of a Saint possibly St Peter" LEFT has clear kindred origins in every respect including unique Physiognomic modelling, palette, also expression to his Sistine Chapel"God"of his Creation Section🧑‍🎨

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Waitingforyou/5-4 in September (personal choices of sites that I consider less visited) The Gallery of Modern Art in Rome - v. F. Crispi 24
FELICE CASORATI, Susanna, 1929
MARIO MAFAI, Women undressing, 1934

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