With downpours threatening all afternoon, but never quite becoming more than a sprinkle, K & I toured the Roman Forum. We spent hours walking through the ruins from the Colosseum, up Palatine Hill, and back into the city.
We saw the Temple of Saturn toward the end of our walk. The inscription wasn't too difficult, but it felt good to see some of the other tourists eavesdropping as I translated it for K:
SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS
INCENDIO COMSUMPTUM RESTIVIT
[SPQR has restored what has been consumed by fire.]
I feel like we've been saying this a lot, but we'll probably have to go back to the Forum, maybe on a sunnier day.
lunedì 4 giugno 2007
The Forum, Aedes Saturni
