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for some reason I have a hunch that it's Jesus related, but that seems to conflict with the not tourist related answer to q7.
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome is where the 'true cross' is located along with other relics of the passion of Jesus Christ.

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02-10-2017 , 09:38 PM

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I am still liking Circus Maximus, something like this is how it used to look like.

But I am having trouble structuring a question that would eliminate circus maximus and 50% of all other possibilities, it's such a unique thing.

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02-10-2017 , 09:42 PM

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for a freebie, I would definitely consider the Circus Maximus a building.

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02-10-2017 , 09:45 PM

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Alright, cool.

We can ask if it's directly related to religion?

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02-10-2017 , 10:08 PM

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I'm okay with that question.

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02-10-2017 , 10:15 PM

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is it directly related to religion?

Not a bad angleshoot at all to ask ambiguous questions and hope for some modspew.

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02-10-2017 , 10:18 PM

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1. You do not have one in your home.
2. It is one of a kind, though other similar objects exist.
3. It is not currently in the Americas.
4. It is in Europe
5. Would not fit in a 1m radius sphere
6. Is (or more accurately, was) fixed to the ground or a structure
7. By itself it's not a tourist attraction of any significance
8. Is man made
9. Not primarily for decorative/aesthetic purposes
10. Not in the UK/Ireland
11. In a country that primarily speaks a romance language
12. Not in France or Spain
13. Is in Italy or Vatican
14. Created before 1000 AD
15. Is in Rome or the Vatican
16. It be in Rome.
17. Not a building.
18. Not a bridge, aqueduct, or weapon.
19. Not directly related to religion. Or indirectly, for that matter.

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02-10-2017 , 10:29 PM

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we'll go 20 and a guess and maybe a couple of hints

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02-10-2017 , 11:03 PM

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We need a thing that wasn't that important of a thing while being a clear distinguishable thing that is not a thing anymore.

Moviebuffs think of these films which take place in rome/roman times
Gladiator
Spartacus
Ben Hur
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Quo Vadis
The Eagle
The Robe
Centurion
Cleopatra
Rome
Life of Brian

I'm out of all thoughts on what to do.

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02-10-2017 , 11:21 PM

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possibly this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Pacis

edit: no actually that would be religious

there's this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Column but i think that would count as decorative/aesthetic

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02-10-2017 , 11:37 PM

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was fixed to the ground or a structure.

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02-10-2017 , 11:41 PM

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dunno.. i've gone through a bunch of the stuff in this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...uments_in_Rome and i don't really see anything that fits all the answers

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02-10-2017 , 11:46 PM

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maybe this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subiaco_Dams

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02-11-2017 , 01:07 AM

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Constantine

All the bits are currently in Rome. They are just barely over 1m, used to be fixed to a structure. #7 was "by themselves aren't really tourist attractions is the best way I can answer that" so kind of so-so

But it fails the decorative/aesthetic purposes?

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02-11-2017 , 01:10 AM

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Things like chariots still fit the bill. Though there has to be a specific one(#2).

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02-11-2017 , 01:30 AM

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I mean this is hopeless.

Drops me off in the middle of Rome. "Your goal is to find an old thing that isn't a building and that might not even exist anymore". You got it man.

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02-11-2017 , 02:21 AM

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Why would a chariot have been fixed to the ground though?

I also can't find any famous Roman chariots in a quick Google.

That Subiaco Dam fits. It seems really obscure though. But I can't think of anything else.

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02-11-2017 , 02:27 AM

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Yeah, I guess chariots aren't fixed to the ground.

Subiaco dam doesn't appear to be in the city of Rome.

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02-11-2017 , 02:36 AM

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Oh, I saw on Wikipedia:

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Subiaco is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome

But apparently the "Metropolitan City of Rome" is not the same thing as the "Rome metropolitan area". Lovely.

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02-11-2017 , 02:45 AM

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The phrasing "on it's own, it's not a tourist attraction" is weird. It implies it's part of a tourist attraction, I guess?

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02-11-2017 , 02:55 AM

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New possibility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocca_della_Verit%C3%A0

Was originally a pothole cover, all I can find about the dating is that it's "ancient".

Found this post tho:

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Originally Posted by DWetzel

probably fair to give some clarification on it; the object I'm thinking of doesn't currently exist in its past form (but still won't fit in a 1m sphere now)

Q7 is sort of arbitrary; I don't think anyone thinks "oh we have to go on a trip to there to see the ______"

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02-11-2017 , 03:10 AM

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Going deep with this.

Here, in a werewolf game, DWetzel makes a reference to a movie gamecalled Roman Holiday just 2 months ago:

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Originally Posted by DWetzel

I was hoping to take a Roman holiday

there's also a chance he wasn't day angeled, so I wouldn't read much in to that

There's a scene in that film that has that pothole in it:

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02-11-2017 , 03:16 AM

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Is it the Mouth of Truth?

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02-11-2017 , 03:47 AM

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Both of the uses in the article (temple drain cover, draining blood from sacrificed cows) are at least indirectly religious. But I'm out of ideas so what the hell. Might as well guess it.