Goat abuse

Goat abuse!

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April 8th 2008
Archaelogical Museum in Napoli confirmed what a perverse bunch the old Romans really were. More enormous phalluses and a charming sculpture of a satyr making the intimate acquaintance of a goat. More coventionally, the Farinese collection of sculpture houses huge marble heads, with bits of ears and noses chopped off. Maybe Mike Tyson got to them. Good to be out of Napoli, though. I'm now in a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more