Marcellus' theater (older than the colosseum) is still apartments! https://www.google.no/maps/@41.8921641,12.4803812,3a,75y,222.3h,88.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sn7x1SlzYU3f6iwE6auttzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

also i suppose with the plague raging, they could find better digs than a wobbly earthquake-d structure

And here I am, thinking what Arsenal did with Highbury was cool...

That is longer than the US has been a nation. As an American I find that telling.

As an American, please stop bringing up the US when it’s completely irrelevant. Especially if you’re going to tack on some nebulous pseudo-intellectual commentary.

Chill

You sound like the kind of person who uses words like "earthy" and "tannic" to describe the aroma of your own farts.

Its honestly amazing how much of it was also disassembled to use for other things.

It's only natural to interpret new info in the context of what you already know. Everytime I learn something about another country I think about it compares to Jamaica. Why can't your compatriot do the same with your country?

You really hate your country that much that you can't stand to even see it mentioned in online forums huh?

Telling about what lmao

9/10 troll

What the fuck does America have to do with this at all?

and you're clearly obsessed with your country if you think it makes sense to bring it up when it's utterly irrelevant. You really hate being on topic, huh?

Came here to say this. I love stopping by just to admire that people are still living there

America has been a country for 85 years longer than Italy. Not sure what that has to do with anything though.

CE, not AD. It's very important.

It's not

Letting one religion speak for the entire world's history is pretty gross, my dude.

It's the same fucking number, lol.

If people actually gave a fuck, they'd come up with some new calendar like the French Republican Calendar or in the Year of Our Ford. Instead people lazily renamed it in fear of people getting triggered.

Also, isn't it even more religious to imply the "Common Era" started with the start of the Christian calendar. Didn't think of that, huh?

Do you think this is some kind of Twitter-esque 'gotcha?'

Woosh! Reading and reading comprehension are two separate skills.

CE is still christian-centric you just changed the name, it doesn't matter

Would be even cooler if the apartments were haunted by the ghosts of gladiators. I would totally watch a movie about that.

At least they don't bring up farts in a conversation as an 11 year old would do

Do you think being pedantic to a bunch of redditors that likely agree with you on religion but are better at choosing fights than AD vs CE is a productive use of your time?

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The pedantism began when them; they get what they give.

At the risk of getting downvoted, I agree with you. It’s an imperfect change sure, but it’s a very simple courtesy to others.

Can’t believe the amount of anger/seethe your comment generated lol

Right? That's all I'm saying; I appreciate your understanding. I seriously don't understand why people are so damn angry about it.

What would I do without your pearl clutching, u/_SkateFastEatAss_? You truly are a beacon of maturity. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways.

Imagine looking out your window to a bunch of tourists every morning

The amount you overreact means you're either a troll or a manchild.

Either way, I hope you feel better soon.

That’s anywhere in Rome

It's telling about how this was longer than the US has been a nation, obviously

People 1000 years ago: wow this building is so old it borders on mythic. Let's live in it and take parts to make new buildings

People now: this gas station opened 6 months ago and is now a historic monument that can never be changed again

A solid r/im14andthisisdeep entry here.

i like the idea of a 13 months 28 days per month and jan 1st each year is an uncounted bonus day. that way the date falls on the same day of the week every year. but i dont really "give a fuck"

Sucks if you have like a Wednesday birthday though.

Thursday is Thors Day. Should we change that?

Ya I guess so. But can you imagine the uproar from teachers and govt employees having to take a holiday on a Wednesday and not get a three day weekend with every holiday.

I really dislike that idea because it ignores the point of weekdays. The goal is 7 days that are on loop, forever. You can go back 7n days for any integer and know that that day was a Monday, just like today is. Really any modified calendar should be independent of the concept of weekdays, and adding an arbitrary non Mon-Sun day defeats the purpose.

Imagine the arguments! "My family has lived here for 400 years!!!!" But it was just some Interim phase for the building..... Amazing, and makes those flag waving Trump Nazis look like a bunch of whiney little snitches, oh wait, they are....

It’s a bit pedantic to correct others over such trivial matters. We all understand what that means, they both mean exactly the same. Also, stating it’s very important, is not really correct. It might be to you, so go forth and be a good example in the world, but you can’t force anyone else to treat things you deem to be important as also important. It comes across a bit condescending

Writing and common sense are also two separate skills, evidently.

Wouldn’t 4 weeks per month contain 20 week days and 8 week end days?

That's actually pretty wild, TIL.

Some say that they hung banners on the coliseum like, "We ain't lion, we have the best rates" and "Gladiator? Be gladtolivehere!"

> jan 1st each year is an uncounted bonus day

This is the problem. There will be drift across years.

Ignore months for a bit. The length of a day is not a perfect multiple of a year.. of course, they're independent phenomena. The fact that a year is approximately 365.24 days means we can roughly correlate them with 3 365 day years and 1 366 day year, with the next exception happening in 2100.

But, even ignoring religious significance, so much regarding employment, planning, and pop culture relies on every 7th day resetting the cycle. There's no reason to construct a "new" calendar that messes up that pattern. If there was to be an alternate calendar, it should just tick upwards independently of the concept of weeks or months. Something like today is "Day 8431" of the 3rd millenium. And use kilodays, hectodays, and decadays. Weird, but so is every other alternate calendar concept. At least this one would make time keeping off-Earth simple.

I appreciate the response.

My first trip to Rome I stayed at an Airbnb a bit away from the main attractions. Being a tourist in that part of town was a bit of a novelty - the locals were genuinely (mildly) surprised. It was nice to be away from the bustle of those main areas too.

This sounds lovely.

Oh no. Now modern developers want to submit an application to do this today. LUXURY Apts coming soon. And let's paint it green.

It was! The Airbnb owners were a young engaged couple, I was their second guest ever. I had a birthday while I was there and they made me a cake. It was a really special trip and even though I was a bit disappointed at first to be so far from all the sights it kind of made it a bit special.

I was there in 03 for a HS trip, it was a different time. It was wild to stay in waht was concidered hotels.

?????

Nimbys suck

It's because nobody cares and it's totally meaningless. It's the exact same date, why expend energy on this fight?

Germany didn't unify until 1866

Guess that was after they filled the coliseum with water and

recreated sea battles?

Went to Rome a few years back. We walked away from the tourist areas and really enjoyed it. Much quieter and no people trying to sell you shit.

At the very least, the pretentiousness began with you...

Yeah okay buddy. ITT: upsetero christians knee-jerk into delusion and fallacy

There's also genuine interest in where you're from, at least from some people.

Gladiator? The look on his face said otherwise.

Was it to house the homeless?

So the Colosseum was residential apartments for more than twice as long as the USA has been a country 🤯

You didn’t go there for English classes, did you?

I surprised some of my US relatives a while ago by serving them beer from a local brewery about 8 years older than the US. And that is not even rare. Always weird to think how young that country is.

Does bullying make you feel better about your self?

When I was in the UK, a tour guide said: "In the US, 100 years is a long time. In Europe, 100 miles is a long way."

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Gentrification

Youre arguing with a bunch of likely atheists. As another atheist, I dont give a shit about CE vs AD, it quite literally is NOT important.

At least that’s better than “Now pLeasing.”

It’s kinda their fault. I mean, every road does take you there.

For rendingt

The naumachia under the Augustus and other early emperors were as far in the past for the people living in 9th century Rome as the Middle Ages are to us today. The last gladiator battles were outlawed in the late 4th century by Theodosius I.

Good for him.

A fresh, naive crowd every morning...

Beer doesn't degrade in taste over all that time?

Does it make you?

Beer yes, brewery no. :)

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