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... magic and mystery of Rome

^{The terrible vengeance of Virgil (Part II)}

Virgilian part of the itinerary from the Arch of Constantine next to the Colosseum, where can still see the floor plan of one of the oldest source of Rome, the Meta Sudans or the Meta sweating. It was so named because its massive cone-shaped structure was surmounted by a globe of bronze studded with holes from which the water came down like a veil (the sweat, in fact). At the spot where stood the artifact, overlapped the boundaries of four regions of the empire: hence the name Meta.

Fountain ( whose ruin was only removed in 1936 ) was famous in antiquity because the survivors of the bloody gladiator contests in the amphitheater near went there to cool off. In the Middle Ages Meta Sudans became a meeting point for lovers of the occult and spiritualists, so much so that Pope Gregory II \u0026lt;liberare> for the place had officially prohibit meetings that were held magic at the fountains, imposing severe punishments on offenders.

But what's interesting is that in medieval Rome the Meta Sudans earned the nickname \u0026lt; Torre di Virgilio "> due to a well-known and starring the legendary Boccaccio precisely the famous poet. It is said that Virgil, in love with the young and extremely beautiful daughter of an emperor (Augustus) Nero? Adriano?), Urging the girl to acquiesce to his desires dishonest. But she, pretending at first to accept his advances, he managed to cruel joke. The young Virgil calls to be found overnight under the tower where she lives to introduce it secretly into his room. Timely submit the appointment of the poet, and from a window of the girl, instead of braids Juliet, set a dinner sufficient capacity to contain the suitor, Virgil greedy for love and full of joy enters the basket and is putting up.

But when it comes to half of the course, the beloved is the wire rope and if they leave the poor Virgil suspended in midair. In the morning a crowd of grinning Roman rushes to see the spectacle of the poet \u0026lt;volante> miserably and mocked.

Virgil, however, reduced ground, devises a revenge adequate to insult so severe.

Using its magic, off fires throughout the city, and when the Romans come to him asking for help and advice, the poet replied that he could rekindle their households, only by placing the torch to the most intimate parts of girl whom he had been duped. And so we had to do. The wretched girl was taken in a public square and at the expense of his modesty replenished to the city on fire. Between laughs and insults irriferibili, we read in - Faictz merveilleux de Virgile - the Romans went to draw fire \u0026lt;à sa nature if entre jambes. The riches y boutoient des torches et des les fears Chandelles>

(source for the story, the book that I own: Rome magical and mysterious - Newton Compton Editori)