Like everywhere in Rome I always read enscriptions, even though I don’t get a single word of them. On bridges, ancient buildings, churches, these are everywhere. I believe that writing was and is the biggest achievement of mankind. Our ability to express ourselves in written is evolving to a level far beyond control. If you write something and another person understands, from that moment on it is part of the lexicon of that language.
Fabricius Bridge over the Tiber is the oldest in the country with enscriptions stating it was approved to be built by Lucius Fabricius then curator of the roads. In 62 BC. Imagine you write something and people still can read it after thousands of years. What would you write down? Isn’t that one of the greatest responsibilities in our world? Like “only sing what must be sung” this case is the same with “only write what must be written”.
That reminds me of my favourite old saying “you should do what needs you”, trying to explain life’s meaning simply but thoroughly. It is about you truly giving yourself to a thing all the time because you know that the thing would not exist without you. You might be the only one who can create and perfect it. Finding that thing, however, is the hardest part and undoubtedly can take a whole lifetime.
Anyways the reason Rome is so popular is it sings millions of songs all year round. It is entitled to because of its age – hence the expression Eternal City. Spoken or written, songs and stories Rome tells us are all to proclaim the magnificence of being alive and humans. The knowledge that radiates from these songs is truly from a greater database. I suggest you to just stand in the middle of Fabrizio Bridge close your eyes and listen very carefully. It’s enlightening.
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