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Welcome to Romae.org .

The word "Romae" is the locative form of Rome, which means "at Rome" in English. It was how the Romans described being at a place. Romae.org is an attempt at making Rome more real, more tangible. As it once was.

With Cicero delivering speeches in the Senate; Gaius Julius Caesar inspecting his troops on a misty morning before his campaign in Gaul; the tribunes of the Gracchi struggling to bring rights to the people as the Republic begins to spiral out of control.

These are some visions of Rome. What it meant to be a Roman is debatable, but nonetheless it is familiar on some terms. The struggle of the middle class and social concerns being mixed with economic policies should strike a chord today. The role of government and the expansion of power into other territories might sound familiar. The incessant questioning of man and his role, his purpose. Did divininity lay within his grasp? Art, science, religion, politics - what it was to be human the Romans no less felt and no more understood than we do now. Yet, they had their own complexities, their own paradigms, their own vision.

All of these things we can learn from. The dead live on and all we must do is listen - and to do that, we need to learn to speak their language. That is the charge for Romae.org.
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