Rome: After two millennia, the last Centurions have finally been banished from Rome. As of Thursday men who dress up as soldiers of the ancient empire and offer to pose for tourist snaps in return for ...
Two men were fined €400 apiece on Sunday for dressing in 'gladiator' costumes and charging tourists for photos - a practice which was banned last December. Police said on Monday morning that the men ...
Even as restorers scrape centuries of grime from the Colosseum, Rome’s authorities are planning a ground level clean up by cracking down on the costumed legionnaires and centurions who pose for photos ...
After two millennia, the last Centurions have finally been banished from Rome. As of Thursday men who dress up as soldiers of the ancient empire and offer to pose for tourist snaps in return for cash ...
Centurions drink from a fountain near Rome's Coliseum during a heat wave in summer 2014. A recent announcement that centurion reenactors will be banned from the Coliseum during 2016 has led to ...
Tourists in Rome yesterday may have felt they had stepped back in time as Roman centurions - complete with red skirts, tunics… Tourists in Rome yesterday may have felt they had stepped back in time as ...
After two millennia, the last Centurions have finally been banished from Rome. Men who dress up as soldiers of the ancient empire and offer to pose for tourist snaps in return for cash have been ...
Rome has banished the Centurions from its ancient sites. Impersonators of soldiers from ancient Rome have been a common sight at the Colosseum, Forum and other major sites, posing for photos in return ...
Men who dress up as Centurions or soldiers of the ancient empire and offer to pose for tourist snaps in return for cash were banned from the streets around the Colosseum and the rest of Rome. After ...
Fake gladiators with plastic helmets, swords and shields - long a tacky feature of the tourist experience in Rome - are now banned in the city, part of a public decorum drive by the local city ...
The ban comes ahead of the Catholic Jubilee year, starting on 8 December Rome has banished the Centurions from its ancient sites. Impersonators of soldiers from ancient Rome have been a common sight ...