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Weekend in Rome: the discovery of Greek

has opened "The age of conquest," an exhibition of the ancient masterpieces from major museums

Europe. The opportunity to spend two days in the capital of culture and entertainment.

Polybius, greek historian and expert on military affairs, had admitted: the Romans are bold

and tactically superior, more agile compared to that of the Macedonian phalanx appears stiff and heavy. In the battle of

cynocephali (197 BC) was enough for little more than a handful of men to surprise the shoulder and hand victory on a silver platter to the proconsul Titus Quinctius Flaminino. Flaminino returned to Rome in triumph, showing off a prize of war never seen before: 43,270 pounds of silver, 84,000 Attic drachma coin minted, 3,174 pounds of gold, 14,514 Filippi, 114 crowns of gold, weapons of all kinds, statues and art objects a beauty never seen before.

Greek works of art exhibited during the triumphal procession from the general Marcellus Flaminino, Paolo Emilio and Pompey were of a quality never admired before, sometimes even made from precious materials hitherto unknown in the city. And it was those faces carved and those statues of marble from the body beautiful and perfect to bring to Rome a fresh breeze, a whiff of sophistication and exciting culture otherwise inconceivable in the austere environments senatorial and speeches of the fathers of the republic, conservatives like Cato and incorruptible.

This change in attitude towards the Hellenic culture to allow Pompey four generations later, in 74 BC, to spend on Capitol Hill not the image of a deity, but a statue of an athlete who cleans the strigil (Apoxyomenos), formerly treasure of the kings of Bithynia. More than a scandal, it was a matter of extraordinary importance and unprecedented, paving the way for future interpretations of the political role and cultural capital of what will be the largest and most powerful empire of the ancient world and in August he made the first intelligent interpreter and protagonist.

These are the background to the exhibition The Age of Conquest. The charm of Greek art in Rome (ed.

Eugenio La Rocca, Claudia Parisi Presicce), which opened March 13 at the Capitol, in the halls of the Capitoline Museums to remain open to the public until September 5. It 'the first of a series of five thematic exhibitions (The days of Rome) from 2010 until 2014 will delve into all the major stages of Roman history from the conquest of Greece to the construction Empire, from Trajan to Hadrian to arrive until the time of revocation of Marcus Aurelius and Diocletian.

masterpieces of ancient art on display for the occasion are from major European museums and cover a time span ranging from the late third century to the late first century BC, one of the key to the future cultural identity and Roman art, not only of the Republican. Through the vision of imposing marble statues, fine works in bronze and terracotta sculptures entire cycles, home decorations and furniture in bronze and silver, unique and rare to be seen together at one time, the exhibition tells the visitor the deep change of an era, from the usual everyday to the canons of taste and beauty.

The exhibition is divided into four sections: the first, entitled Gods and shrines, has friezes and pediments in

terracotta from some famous temples, the second Monument fees, collects military clothes and armor that emphasize the figure of the overall winner, with statues from the bodies, posing, vigorous and authoritative, the third, live in Greece, offers an in-depth course on the affirmation of the greek taste of life in any environment, even in the field of home furnishings such as chandeliers, tables, craters, precious vessels that decorated the tables every day, and finally, the fourth and final section, burial customs, perhaps shows the extent to which the Romans were less influenced by the Greeks, the cult of the dead. In this case, Rome was proud of its traditions, continues to proudly still captivated in the folds of the robes, a symbol of belonging Urbe.

The age of conquest. The charm of Greek art in Rome
Capitoline Museums (Palazzo Caffarelli)
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1 - Rome
13 March to 5 September 2010

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9 to 20 -
closed Mondays Admission: € 11, reduced € 9, reduced € 2
http://www.museicapitolini.org/