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Caligulaâs Garden of Delights, Unearthed and Restored
Relics from the favorite hideaway of ancient Romeâs most infamous tyrant have been recovered and put on display by archaeologists.
 A theatrical mask in marble dust, recovered from the Horti Lamiani, the pleasure garden of the Roman emperor Caligula.Credit.Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times
By Franz Lidz
The fourth of the 12 Caesars, Caligula â officially, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus â
was a capricious, combustible first-century populist remembered, perhaps unfairly, as the empireâs most tyrannical ruler. As reported by Suetonius, the Michael Wolff of ancient Rome, he never forgot a slight, slept only a few hours a night and married several times, lastly to a woman named Milonia.
The Italian government is planning to add a retractable floor to the Colosseum amphitheatre in Rome so that performances can be held within the arena. The reconstruction of the Colosseum arena is a great idea which travelled around the world, said minister for cultural heritage and activities and tourism Dario Franceschini in a statement. It will be a great technological intervention which will give visitors the chance not only to see the basements but to admire the beauty of the Colosseum from the centre of the arena. Goal is to make the surface of the Colosseum arena floor usable again