Apart from the likes of bra­vo and piz­za, graf­fi­ti must be one of the first Ital­ian words that Eng­lish-speak­ers learn in every­day life. As for why the Eng­lish word comes direct­ly from the Ital­ian, per­haps it has some­thing to do with the his­to­ry of writ­ing on the walls — a his­to­ry that, in West­ern civ­i­liza­tion, … Con­tin­ue read­ing A Tour of Ancient Rome’s Best Graf­fi­ti: “We Have Uri­nat­ed in Our Beds … There Was No Cham­ber Pot” & More