Rome, Layer by Layer Beneath Your Feet

Most of what I write starts in Rome.

Not the postcard version,
but the quieter details you can still notice if you slow down.

The ground that rose over centuries.
Buildings that don’t behave the way you expect.
Moments where the past is still sitting just beneath what you see.

If one of them holds your attention, you’ll probably like the rest.

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I write a few times a week about places where the past still feels present.

Start with the first one below.

1. The Roman Forum Was Painted in Bright Colors — Not White Stone

2. Why the Pantheon Still Doesn’t Flood - Even After 2,000 Years of Rain

3. Most of Ancient Rome Is Still Buried Under Your Feet

4. Tourists Walk Here Every Day - It Once Ran With Blood

5. The Gouges on the Pantheon Doors - And What They Tried to Take

6. You Don’t Walk Into Ancient Rome - You Walk Down to It

7. The Roman Forum Was Once a Cow Field

8. Rome’s Drinking Fountains Never Stop Flowing

9. Why Did Romans Pour Fish Sauce on Everything?

10. The Rough, Gray Material That Still Holds Up Rome

11. Thirty Years Between Notes: Hearing Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour in Rome

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I write a few times a week about what most people walk past.