History
Brixia the Colony, Julius Caesar, and Roman Citizenship
Brixia a Roman Colony becomes a Roman City with a path to citizenship through wealth, public or military service. Under Augustus the city starts flourishing. […]
Articles by Marco
Brescia - Our Land
Pota, a Brèssa la tèra la scòta! Pota, in Brescia the land is hot!
The province of Brescia has 205 distinct municipal cities. This great song by Dellino Farmer goes through all of them (names in red), some names are in Italian and some in dialect. Here is a […]
History
ValCamonica, Camuni, and a 8,000 year petroglyphic journey
The mountains of Northern Italy possess some of the richest areas of prehistoric rock engravings to be found anywhere in Europe. Val Camonica (Al Camònega in the local dialect) is one of the largest of […]
History
Briccia, Celtic allies of Rome
The Celts/Gauls Cenomani, the men that walked from far (*keino-far,*men-walk), named Briccia the village where the Alps meets the big Po Valley. Briccia was a big village that had not yet seen big temples nor […]
Ancient Wisdom
Ancient Wisdom: He is so good!
Ancient Wisdom from the land. When someone is so good that he can do anything. Given a chance he could even make feet to a fly. Now that is skill…
Ancient Wisdom
Hunger and Love before Maslow
“Quand la fam l’e’ granda l’amur sel tra de banda” Although it’s always hard to find out where great popular wisdom comes from, it is pretty easy to image the origins of this particular saying. […]
Humor
Braveheart in Bresciano – El Coragius
Different population, ethnicities, and cultures have fought for their independence and rights to be free to be what they are. Braveheart is the story of the Scottish independence. We have El Coragius. Fabio Volo is […]
History
Iron Age: Brescia, Cenomani and its Celtic origins.
The Iron Age The Iron age had a drastic change on how people live. Iron is easier to find and it is thus less expensive than bronze. More tools can be built, new weapons forged, […]
Brescia - Our Land
The cursed arch that every high-school student avoids.
Our friends at il Bresciano Malmostoso have reminded us of a superstition that a lot of high school students are aware of and very often try to defy out of a dare. In the hear […]
My story
Brescia Dice – Who are you again?
In the countryside centuries ago you were known by who your father was and by what profession you had. This is in fact how last names were born. This ancient way or recognizing someone by […]