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- Rome 1084. Norman troops by Roberto Guiscard plundered Rome when they went to rescue Pope Gregory VII, prisoner of Emperor Henry IV. Among others, Pope Clemente I (c. 88-97) the church of Saint Clement of Lateran was destroyed.
It was soon built – in the 12th century – the basilica that today stands in the same place, and in the middle of the 19th century excavations were carried out for a trip in the time of almost 2,000 years: under the basilica was discovered the first basilica torn down by the Normans, built in the 5th century, when Christianity was the official religion of Rome. But below it was found an imperial structure, a private house of the first century, of the consul and martyr Tito Flavio Clemente (of the same time and name that should not be confused with Pope Clemente I); in the house of Tito Flavio the persecuted Christians met to pray clandestinely.
But one of the most extraordinary things that had been found during the excavations was much more recent, which had been done just before the Normans struck the Basilica. Frescoes of the 11th century. One of these paintings depicts the history of the patricio Sisinio and Clemente I.aren. In the first century they persecuted Christians and became a Christian without saying anything to their husband Teodora, wife of Sisiniso. One day, Sisinio, after following his wife, entered a house where he found Theodora and other Christians praying Clemente I.arekin. He tried to stop the Mass of Sisinio, but, by God's intervention, he was suddenly deaf and blind, according to legend.
Clement took hold of Sisinio and went to his palace to try to heal his patrician. In spite of his hearing and sight being restored thanks to the Christian, Sisinio ordered the servants to stop the Christian. Once again God intervened, and the creatures of Sisiniso, confused, seized a pillar of stone instead of Clement. In addition to illustrating the scene, the work has a text.
In the 11th century, the Romans spoke Proto-Italian, derived from the vulgar Latin and ancestor of current Italian. However, they kept writing in Latin. The explanations of the fresco were also written in Latin, but in the last scene the words of Sisiniso were collected in the language of the citizens, as bunules in the comics. They are the oldest words in the old Italian that have been found to date.
While Carvoncelle, Gosmari and Albertel fight with the column, Sisinio speaks with the first: “Falite dereto colo palo, Carvoncelle” (Push directly with the stick, Carvoncelle). And in the last two he commands the other two: “Fili dele pute, traite” (Putakumeak, throw).
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