In summer the Tiber is a slow moving sluggish brown stream but in spring it rises to the top of the stone protective walls and many times it has flooded the homes of the Romans This horse is well-protected from the Evil Eye superstition with colored streamers and tassels. The Evil Eye superstition is rampant in Rome and don't try to laugh it away ; The auto truck and taxi are making their appearance in the streets of Rome though the mule and donkey still hold their own.