The "rub in Vetrinone": an obligation for mothers with marriageable girls, for the officers of the garrison and the other varies humanity bustling city capitoline. An insurance company exotic name ("the New York"), both public and tarragon on every street corner, the newsstand of the newspapers. By the way, in 1898, Rome had no less than twenty newspapers, here are some: "La Capitale" (radical), "Il Diritto" (democratic), "Don Chisciotte" (humorous), "the Fanfulla" (similar to "the Figaro")," L'Italie "(in French)," Il Messaggero", L'opinione "(conservative)," L'Osservatore Romano "(Holy See)," Il popolo Romano "(liberal, very popular)," La Riforma "(radical-chic)," La Tribuna "(progressive)," La Voce della Verità "(organ of the Vatican).

Piazza Colonna end of the century was full of resources for those who lived more amenities that commitment. In the summer, around noon, there were other landau "terminal", to let off outside the coffee shop Cillario - Piedmont importer of vermouth - or in front of the palace Ferrajoli, home of the specialist cakes candied violets, the Ronzi and Singer. Then, at dusk, rose the mantuan of palace Wedekind, fell behind the columns from the ruins of Veio, and around the town band led by the teacher Vessella flowered cafe tables.

Sitting at one of those tables, Sigmund Freud was impressed by the vitality of the Romans. Vitality that abstracts from reality, until they threaten suicide, overwhelmed by streetcar or carriages. Planted in the heart of "Campo Marzio", in the same place where it was originally placed, dominates the Emperor Marco Aurelio column, topped by a statue of San Paolo.