Roman Verona Multi-Cache
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This Magnetic Multi-Cache is an itinerary through some of the Roman buildings still present in Verona
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Things to Know before to start:
- To complete this Multicache you MUST be able to convert Roman numbers in Arabic Numbers
- USE STEALTH.
MAGNETIC CACHE WITH LOGBOOK AND PENCIL. IT MAY CONTAIN LITTLE TB AND GEOCOIN. Due to several lost (stolen) of the Final cache, consider it has been moved 2-3 meters from the orginal coordinates... watch the spoiler
NOTE: Doing this Itinerary you'll pass close to other Traditional caches like -L'Arena di Verona -Piazza Bra -Castelvecchio cache -Corte Sgarzarie -Juliet's Balcony -Re Teodorico -San Giovanni in Valle and close to the starting point of some Multicache like -Verona Centro Storico. Coming back from the final location of this cache to the center of the town you can continue your geocaching-tour with -Secret Garden -Sottoriva -San Fermo Church -Juliet's Tomb -Bastione della Trinità
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De summo montis Castrum prospectat in urbem daedalea factum arte viisque tetris nobile, praecipuum, memorabile, grande theatrum, ad decus extructum, sacra Verona, tuum. Magna Verona, vale, valeas per secula semper et celebrent gentes nomen in orbe tuum
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ENGLISH
Verona became a Roman colony in the year 89 BC, and then a municipium in 49 BC; the city received the franchise in 59. The former ford was replaced by two bridges, one of which, the Pothumius Bridge, also functioned as an aqueduct, as well as a dam for setting naval battles in the Theater. The city also had a forum, not far from the current Piazza delle Erbe and, outside the walls, the famous Arena. Its strategic importance lay in its position at the junction of four main roads: the Via Gallica, from Turin to Aquileia; the Via Claudia Augusta, from Modena to Germany; the Via Postumia, from Liguria to Illyria; and the Vicum Veronensis, which connected the city to Ostiglia. Due to its leading position in northern Italy, Verona was often involved in civil Roman wars as one of most important cities of the Roman Empire. Even today Verona, for amount of Roman remains is second only to Rome. An amphitheater, a triumphal arch, two gates, a bridge, a theater, and then mosaics, marble streets, walls, Verona is a real open air archeological museum, with monuments dating from the Republic age until the early Christian era. The Roman Verona itinerary center starts from the Gavi's Arch (Arco dei Gavi), built by one of the wealthiest family in 1st century Verona. You will then walk on the old Postumia road going towards the city center. It is exactly the same itinerary that the visitor would have done coming to Verona two thousands years ago. You will pass under Borsari Gate (Porta Borsari), the main entrance of the town in the imperial age. On the gate sides, remains of the old Roman wall can still be admired. Once entered the old town, walking on the decumano, the old main street of Verona you will reach the river Adige. In the Roman Verona there were two bridges: one was destroyed by a flood in the 4th century, the other, Pietra Bridge (Ponte Pietra), can still be admired on the river. On the other bank, on a gentle slope of the hills surrounding Verona, the remains of the Roman theater, the oldest building in Verona, built in the 1st century before Christ and still used for the Verona Jazz festival, and the Shakespeare festival. , on a gentle slope of the hills surrounding Verona, the remains of the Roman theater, the oldest building in Verona. The theatre, considered the most important Roman theatre in northern Italy, was built in the late 1st century BC. Before its construction, two walls were built alongside the Adige River, between the Ponte di Pietra and the Ponte Postumio, to protect it against floods. Today only remains of the edifice are visible, recovered starting from around 1830. They include the cavea and the steps, several arcades of the loggias and remains of the stage.
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DEUTSCH
Von der Bedeutung Veronas als politischem und wirtschaftlichem Zentrum zeugen heute noch etliche Monumente, angefangen von der Arena bis zum Römischen Theater, vom Gavi-Bogen bis zum Stadttor Porta Borsari, von dem Grabungsgebiet der Porta Leoni bis zu den Scavi Scaligeri. Auf dem Weg vom Ponte Scaligeri in die Stadt kommt man als erstes am Arco dei Gavi vorbei. Der römische Triumphbogen stammt aus dem 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. 1805 rissen die Franzosen das Monument ab. Die Trümmer wurden erst 1932 wiederentdeckt und nach einer Aufrisszeichnung neu zusammengefügt. Andere Baudenkmäler aus dem Altertum sind die ehemaligen Stadttore Porta dei Borsari und Porta dei Leoni sowie die Überreste eines römischen Theaters. Die dreigeschossige, monumental gestaltete Porta Borsari, sie öffnete sich einst für die Römerstraße Via Postumia, wurde 265 n. Chr. unter Kaiser Gallienus erbaut und ist nach dem Amphitheater das am besten erhaltene römische Monument. Das Teatro Romano di Verona ist ein antikes römisches Theater in der norditalienischen Stadt Verona in Venetien. Es befindet sich in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Zentrum der Altstadt am rechten Ufer der Etsch am markanten Flussknick etwa 70 Meter stromabwärts der Ponte Pietra und 1,1 Kilometer nordnordöstlich der Arena di Verona. Der 105 Meter weite Halbkreis des Theaters öffnet sich zur Flussseite und liegt am Fuße des Colle San Pietro mit dem Castel San Pietro. Errichtet wurde das Theater um 20 v. Chr. als prachtvoller, großer Bau mit einer mächtigen scaena (Bühnenkomplex), einer Orchestra, weit ausladenden Rängen aus Marmor, mehreren Bogengängen und zwei reich geschmückten Eingängen. Ausgestattet war der Bau mit zahlreichen Statuen und Loggias und diente lange Zeit als Spielstätte für Schauspieldarbietungen. Nach dem Niedergang des Römischen Reiches verfiel das Theater jedoch in Folge des Witterungseinflusses und mangelnder Pflege. This Cache is an itinerary through some of the Roman buildings still present in Verona
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I: The easiest way to note down a number is to make that many marks little I's. Thus I means 1, II means 2, III means 3. However, four strokes seemed like too many
V: So the Romans moved on to the symbol for 5 - V. Placing I in front of the V indicates subtraction. So IV means 4. After V comes a series of additions VI means 6, VII means 7, VIII means 8.
X: means 10. IX means to subtract I from X, leaving 9. Numbers in the teens, twenties and thirties follow the same form as the first set, only with X's indicating the number of tens. So XXIV is 24.
L: means 50. I bet you can figure out what 40 is. If you guessed XL, you're right. And thus 60, 70, and 80 are LX, LXX and LXXX.
C: stands for centum, the Latin word for 100.The subtraction rule means 90 is written as XC. Like the X's and L's, the C's are tacked on to the beginning of numbers to indicate how many hundreds there are: CCCLXIX is 369.
D: stands for 500. CD means 400. So CDXLVIII is 448.
M: is 1,000.
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
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