Salvete amici,
I too am just back from Roma, having spent most of it melting from the Roman summer, which that little masochistic part of my brain known as "The ego" told me I would be able to withstand.
As for my avatar, it is the flag of Stanislaw II Augustus Poniatowski, the last king of Poland, a man I have immense respect for. So I'm afraid, apart from it's relation to the Roman eagle, my avatar isn't very Roman at all.
Bene valete,
Marcus Scribonius Curio Britannicus.