Tab. IIo. Baptista Piranesi, Pantheon Agrippae.Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Pantheon of Agrippa.
Orbis Terrarum · OperaGeopolitics · Infrastructure
Naves Eorum Volant, Pontes Ruunt
Their Ships Fly. Their Bridges Fall.
M. Agrippa, qui aedilis Cloacam Maximam navicula perlustravit, classes Americanorum miratur — vias eorum nequaquam.
Agrippa, who as aedile inspected the Great Sewer by boat, marvels at American fleets — and not at all at their roads.
Vidi navem ad quam naves volantes, ut aves ad nidum, revertuntur: una plus potest quam tota classis mea apud Actium. Obstupui, fateor. Deinde in terram descendi et pontem vidi quem per quadraginta annos nemo refecerat. Apud nos aedilis qui hoc pateretur numquam iterum crearetur.
I saw a ship to which flying ships return like birds to a nest: one such vessel can do more than my entire fleet at Actium. I was astonished, I admit it. Then I went ashore and saw a bridge no one had repaired in forty years. Among us, an aedile who tolerated that would never be elected again.
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FONTES HODIERNITODAY’S SOURCES
- —Haec sententia ex ipsius ingenio, non ex nuntio singulari.This piece reflects on the times rather than a single report.
Res ex fontibus; sententia Romani.Facts from the sources; the opinion is the Roman’s.
M. Vipsanius Agrippa
Victor apud Actium, aedificator Pantheonis et aquae Virginis, auctor orbis terrarum depicti. Aedilis cloacas navicula perlustravit. Verba non amat; opera amat.Victor at Actium, builder of the Pantheon and the Aqua Virgo, maker of the great map of the world. As aedile he inspected the sewers by rowing through them. He has no love for words; he loves works.
Haec vox restituta est ex his libris:This voice is reconstructed from:
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