Eddie & Michelle: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Wrigley Field Tour

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:49:00 GMT

Florence

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:13:00 GMT

Venice III

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Venice II

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:06:00 GMT

Venice I

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:55:00 GMT

St Mark's Square

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT

St Peters Basilica

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:18:00 GMT

Vatican Museum

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:10:00 GMT

Vatican

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:25:00 GMT

Rome II

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:25:00 GMT

Rome I

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:36:00 GMT

Pantheon

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:05:00 GMT

Piazza Navona

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:22:00 GMT

Trevi Fountain

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:42:00 GMT

Palatine Hill

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:03:00 GMT

Roman Forum

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:21:00 GMT

Roman Forum I

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:21:00 GMT

Colosseum - Outside

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:59:00 GMT

Just east of the Roman Forum, stands the colosseum. It was constructed around 70AD and completed in 82AD while Rome was under the rule of Emperor Titus. It was capable of holding around 50,000 people and was used for a number of events, most notably Gladiatorial contests. The correct name for it is the Amphitheatrum Flavium, and the name Colosseum was believed to have been termed due to a colossal statue of the Emperor Nero that was nearby. The statue no longer stands (only the base exists), and was also constantly beheaded to substitute the head of whatever Emperor was in power at the time. The colosseum was used for entertainment purposes until the 6th Century, whereupon it was constantly plundered for its stone and bronze (which was used to build other buildings around Rome), before major damage occurred during the Great Earthquake of 1349. In 1930, Mussolini completely exposed the arena substructure.
Just outside the colosseum also stands the Arch of Constantine, erected in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's defeat over the Pagan Maxentius, which also ended the persecution of the Christians and allowed Christianity to thrive in Rome.

Colosseum - Inside

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:01:00 GMT

It’s an awe inspiring sight to walk into the Colosseum and to imagine what happened there. While some of the structures, such as seats are no longer there, it is easy to imagine how it looked as much of the stonework and base structures to hold the seats are still there. It’s also amazing to see the underground tunnels, where many of the animals and performers waited until they were hoisted onto the stage. While hard to imagine, pulleys and elevators raised and lowered props onto the stage and lifted caged animals from the tunnels into the arena. It also contained a canal system that allowed the arena to be flooded rapidly when the current entertainment warranted it, and through writings it has been described that spectators would watch animals swim and fake sea battles occurring. Events occasionallyoccurred on a large basis. It is documented that upon the Roman victory in the region that is now Romania, that contests involving 11,000 animals and 10,000 gladiators occurred over a period of 3 months.

IAAAM Conference

davisedward@hotmail.com (Eddie & Michelle) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:41:00 GMT