Day two, man, it kind of sucks to get up at 6:30/7:00am to go to the market and buy food to make lunch. Is this what it's like when there's no Target or Walmart??? :(
Although it is kind of fun, not going to lie. Today we went to go see the forum, basically the capital square of Rome, where the senate used to hold meetings and where offices and palaces were. I learned about women vessels and how they were given a high position in government. Basically they came from an elite family and they were called to be virgins till the age of 30 and from there were free to do what the pleased, but if corruption were found in the, they were to be punisheed with slashes, and if engaging in sexual activity was there crime, the punishment was to dig up their own grave and be burried alive. The upside of it was that they had so much power bestowed upon them that if a citizen were to be sentenced to death, they had the authority to clear them of their charges. Although there were some severe downs to the positions, they also lived in a life of luxury. A palace of over 10,000 square feet with only six virgins to reside in them was pretty fascinating, their palace alone, was fascinating.
Oh, and we briefly saw the Colusium, it's very nice, I went on the first day with some classmates, took pictures, had a good time. But today, I kind of got lost by myself.... of the wonders of Rome!
But hey, I took the 75 and found my way back :)
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