Romans may have been Doofs?

[Vilhelm]

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orio.../pantheon.html Interior measurements of the pantheon are 43 by 43m. maybe it is significant? just thought I would pass it on.

[RK Custom]

we go back a long way
don't we

[Scabbydoo]

You mean my standing inside the Pantheon three years ago destined me to be a Doof?

[MegaGlide]

Them 'zintas ain't got the market cornered on insidiousnes. Not by a long shot.

[petelogan]

Man, you should check out the Porte Nigra in Trier. Only Doofs could have built that

[Scabbydoo]

Is that anything like a Port-A-Potty?

[thedog]

Originally Posted by petelogan

Man, you should check out the Porte Nigra in Trier. Only Doofs could have built that

First time I saw a Renault duck was following one around a curve in Trier. I still don't know how it didn't fall over.

[petelogan]

This gate -



Built by the Romans - who were obviously Doofs.

Who else would build a gate in the middle of no walls

[RK Custom]

Originally Posted by petelogan

This gate -



Built by the Romans - who were obviously Doofs.

Who else would build a gate in the middle of no walls

yah and your point is

[Baalz]

The Black Gate

The Porta Nigra was built in grey sandstone between 180 and 200 AD. The original gate consisted of two four-storied towers, projecting as near semi-circles on the outer side. A narrow courtyard separated the two gate openings on either side. For unknown reasons, however, the construction of the gate remained unfinished. For example, the stones at the northern (outer) side of the gate were never abraded, and the protruding stones would have made it impossible to install movable gates. Nonetheless, the gate was used for several centuries until the end of the Roman era in Trier.

In Roman times, the Porta Nigra was part of a system of four city gates, one of which stood at each side of the roughly rectangular Roman city. The Porta Nigra guarded the northern entry to the Roman city, while the Porta Alba (White Gate) was built in the east, the Porta Media (Middle Gate) in the south, and the Porta Inclyta (Famous Gate) in the west, next to the Roman Bridge crossing the Moselle River.[1] The gates stood at the ends of the two main streets of the Roman Trier, one of which led north-south and the other east-west. Of these gates, only the Porta Nigra still exists today.

[petelogan]

Originally Posted by RK Custom

yah and your point is

Point

I'm supposed to have a point

[MegaGlide]

Originally Posted by Baalz

The Black Gate

The Porta Nigra was built in grey sandstone between 180 and 200 AD. The original gate consisted of two four-storied towers, projecting as near semi-circles on the outer side. A narrow courtyard separated the two gate openings on either side. For unknown reasons, however, the construction of the gate remained unfinished. For example, the stones at the northern (outer) side of the gate were never abraded, and the protruding stones would have made it impossible to install movable gates. Nonetheless, the gate was used for several centuries until the end of the Roman era in Trier.

In Roman times, the Porta Nigra was part of a system of four city gates, one of which stood at each side of the roughly rectangular Roman city. The Porta Nigra guarded the northern entry to the Roman city, while the Porta Alba (White Gate) was built in the east, the Porta Media (Middle Gate) in the south, and the Porta Inclyta (Famous Gate) in the west, next to the Roman Bridge crossing the Moselle River.[1] The gates stood at the ends of the two main streets of the Roman Trier, one of which led north-south and the other east-west. Of these gates, only the Porta Nigra still exists today.

If I wasn't sure you cut-and-pasted that I'd be worried about you right now.

[SAFXDL]

Originally Posted by petelogan

Who else would build a gate in the middle of no walls

You're wrong...we Doofs would not have built it....we would be the ones waiting in front of it til they let us in....just saying

[Baalz]

Hey give me credit. I did have to figure out what it was then research it.

[Scabbydoo]

Originally Posted by SAFXDL

You're wrong...we Doofs would not have built it....we would be the ones waiting in front of it til they let us in....just saying