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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26610729, member: 128351&quot;]Last spring I was in Rome and of course took some time to visit some places one more time, taking pictures with my smartphone. In the Forum I took pictures of the Temple of Romulus, the relatively well preserved funerary temple of Valerius Romulus, the son of Maxentius, who died still a child in AD 309. This round and domed temple is represented on the <i>folles</i> of Romulus, with an eagle standing on the top of the dome. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1696322[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Not my coin, but now I&#039;ll get one, sure !)</p><p><br /></p><p>This temple was later seized and reconsecrated by Constantine. In the Middle Ages it was annexed to the Basilica of SS Cosma e Damiano. The monumental door on the Via Sacra is the original one with its two porphyry columns and two bronze panels (mechanism still functioning). From the Via Sacra I took two pictures of the temple&#039;s door among the tourists crowd, and forgot it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1696323[/ATTACH]</p><p>Yesterday, while looking at these Rome pictures on a larger screen, I noticed at last the photobomb : of course it&#039;s not the eagle like on the coins, but I&#039;m sure it&#039;s some species of <i>avis auguralis</i> ! It was flying relatively low but it came from the right, may it be considered a happy omen? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1696324[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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