The Rome Lions (Latin: Roma Leones) are a lacrosse team based in Rome, Italy. The Lions are the first lacrosse team in Italy, along with the La Spezia Black Eagles. They are a member of the Rome Lacrosse Club which is run by Fabio Antonelli, the former president of the Italian Lacrosse Federation.
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“There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him “Was your mother never at Rome?” He answered “No Sir; but my father was.””
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“There is no magic decoding ring that will help us read our young adolescent’s feelings. Rather, what we need to do is hold out our antennae in the hope that we’ll pick up the right signals.”
—The Lions Clubs International and the Quest Nation. The Surprising Years, III, ch.4 (1985)