The ancient history of Brescia - Lombardy and the land that surrounds it, it's investigated by the exhibition "Rome and the people of the Po river" at the Museum of Santa Giulia in Brescia. The rich and varied exhibition will appeal especially to those who waited for the opportunity not only to understand the origin of Brixia - Brescia - Roman city, but also to deepen those twists of events, lives of famous actors and social phenomena that have marked the territory, between the third and the first century BC, leading to the Romanization of the people of the Po river.
Conceived as a journey, the exhibition is divided into 12 stages. The story highlights the meeting between the Romans and the people of the Po river, with their customs and traditions. In the third section entirely devoted to the war, a major theme of the exhibition, are presented a series of outstanding examples of helmets and armor, while the fourth section continues the discussion by illustrating the war and after the Roman propaganda.
At last, it explains the perfect synthesis of the extraordinary meeting of civilizations and Catullus, whose only existing representation closes the exhibition.
"The exhibition in Brescia wants to tell this story coming out from the traditional scheme of the clash between Rome and local people, considered to be integrated into the semi-barbarous and classical civilization, to show instead the reality of a confrontation that had many facets" - said Luigi Malnati, the exhibition curator.
This is also testified beautifully with the Archaeological Park of Brescia, the most important, extensive and preserved in northern Italy.
Originally published by: labissa.com from repubblica.it
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