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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3946149, member: 83845"]Great fun! Even having seen the statue in person I am still taken aback by the size of it. It is really a fantastic piece of ancient art. </p><p><br /></p><p>The National Museums around Termini station were a highlight of Rome for for my wife and I when we were there last year. The museum wasn’t crowded when we went even on a rainy day and the part of the museum in the Baths of Diocletian seemed almost deserted. It was like having the objects all to ourselves. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice eye recognizing the Constantine / weary Hercules. Very interesting. I was also very impressed by the coin collection and display in the museum. When we were there they had some type of power outage and the lights went off completely and it was pitch black because it’s down in a basement with no windows. We were like “holy smokes what did I touch!” Luckily the lights came back on after a while and we were able to finish viewing the amazing coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039961[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3946149, member: 83845"]Great fun! Even having seen the statue in person I am still taken aback by the size of it. It is really a fantastic piece of ancient art. The National Museums around Termini station were a highlight of Rome for for my wife and I when we were there last year. The museum wasn’t crowded when we went even on a rainy day and the part of the museum in the Baths of Diocletian seemed almost deserted. It was like having the objects all to ourselves. :) Nice eye recognizing the Constantine / weary Hercules. Very interesting. I was also very impressed by the coin collection and display in the museum. When we were there they had some type of power outage and the lights went off completely and it was pitch black because it’s down in a basement with no windows. We were like “holy smokes what did I touch!” Luckily the lights came back on after a while and we were able to finish viewing the amazing coins. [ATTACH=full]1039961[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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