In Rome, some of the graffiti is in Latin! Admittedly, this one was near some university buildings. My friend Jess helped me translate it – it means something like “Fortune is like glass, it shatters as much as it shines.”
Even more fascinating is the ancient Roman graffiti that survives. Below is a stone from the Coliseum. Spectators, as they were watching the games, would etch images of the games they were watching right into the marble of the stadium. The example below depicts two gladiators fighting (the one on the right is wearing a full-face helmet, that’s why his head looks odd).
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Empty walls say nothing.
this is the real voice of the people
and ti’s tell us much about our self’s
and the wonderfull diffent point’s
of veiw unlike tv or newspaper’s ti just a
voice yelling out what they think or
see this is far more real and usefull
sad that ti’s seen as better to lie to each other’s
on tv or paper’s then just talk