Elon Musk tweeted in Latin yesterday afternoon: Dulce est desipere on site (Time frolics sweetly, translation by Mario Ramus). However, to inspire the owner of Twitter is not a sudden passion for You hate by Horace. The cultural quote followed a previous post in which the second richest man in the world after Bernard Arnault announced a future fight, to be streamed live on the X and Meta platforms, between him and an Ancient Rome-scripted Facebook guru in that “there will be nothing contemporary”. Finally, Musk said he had agreed on an “epic” location with the Italian Ministry of Culture. Indeed, a croaking tweet from Gennaro Sangiuliano arrived soon after, stating in a very uninstitutional manner that he had had a “long and friendly conversation” with the South African-born billionaire “about a great resurrection.” event (yes, rather, reconstruction, ed.historical”.
CINEPHILES AND LOVERS martial artists will be disappointed to learn that the duel between Musk and Zuckerberg will not take place in the Colosseum, like the famous duel between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, filmed illegally in the early 70s for the film Chen’s cry also scares the West (However, the Flavian Amphitheater is still teeming with kittens…). In fact, the minister specified that there would be no absurd competition in Rome.
On the other hand, just a few days ago, he intervened in the controversy that erupted the day after rapper Travis Scott’s concert at the Circus Maximus, adding to the ire of the director of the Parc del Colosseum, who first sanctioned the exhibition. which dealt strong blows to the ancient structures, and then thundered that the monument of the imperial era is not a stadium. While Musk continued to quote Latin quotes, even questioning Julius Caesar and the Ides of March (maybe a challenge within a challenge, given that – as Giusto Traina recalls in the book Imperium, Zuckerberg repeatedly mentioned some excerpts from the Aeneid), bets began on social networks on a possible location for the battle. Arena di Verona and, of course, Pompeii are very popular. And who knows, continuing the verses started by Musk, the “crazy” meeting of the gladiators of the technological age will be staged right in the amphitheater of the Vesuvian city, damaged in mid-July, in institutional silence, by shooting a video clip of the now ruined destroyer Travis Scott.
COMPLAIN the latest case is that of the archaeologist and former senator Margherita Corrado, who, after some unofficial reports and as president of the Association Not Aurea-Odv, sent a request for clarification to the Neapolitan section of the detachment of the Carabinieri for the protection of cultural heritage. On the other hand, it is nothing new that the most visited archaeological park after the Colosseum in Bel Paese (sic..!) has become a political showcase since Franceschini’s multiple “reigns”.
With frantic technological age gladiatorial combat reminiscent of Trump’s wrestling when he was a powerful businessman, an attempt is once again made to hide the ignominy of M&C Spa’s asset sell-off behind the familiar and emphatic pretense of valorization.
Proceeds from the event will go to two unspecified Italian pediatric hospitals and US veterans. But the biggest winner, as always, will be right-wing propaganda (this time, according to Sangiuliano, on a global scale).