The Ancient Roman mile was 1481 meters in length. The Ancient Roman’s believed that walking 2 of these Ancient Roman miles constituted the perfect amount of exercise needed by the body on a daily basis
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The Ancient Roman Apothegm of S.P.Q.R.
The acronym “SPQR” is an initialism of the Latin phrase, “Senatus Populusque Romanus” which means “The Roman Senate and People”. Latin was the primary language spoken by the ancient Romans, alongside many other lesser spoken languages as the Roman empire was a vast and diverse nation state with tolerance for culture, language, and religion. Today SPQR is still used as the official emblem of the modern day commune/municipality of Rome, Italy
Ancient Glass Manufacturing
India has been making glass for over 3000 years. Pliny the Elder who was an Ancient Roman historian, states that the first glass was created near Syria around 5000 B.C. While this may be true, the earliest archaeological evidence of human made glass dates back to around 3500 B.C. in Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt
The Person Who Created the Term “The Renaissance”
The person who is accredited with creating The Renaissance is Giorgio Vasari as he published a book entitled “Le Vite de’ più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori” which means “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects” in Italian. The book is often shortened in its title and called “The Lives of Artists”. This book ended up becoming the most influential art book of all time. Within the preface of the book, Vasari uses the term “rinascita” which means “rebirth” in Italian, to describe what was going on around him. Vasari stated that under the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Roman’s, art and civilization reached it’s highest levels of perfection, and that when the Barbarians, or as they’re called during the modern day, the “Germans”, came into the picture, the arts fell to ruins. The Renaissance is measured to have occurred between 1400 – 1600 A.D., with the dates being slightly vague on each end