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The Colosseum and The Forum of Augustus

Ancient Rome: Monuments Past and Present: The Colosseum and The Forum of Augustus...

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Porticus Deorum Consentium

The Portico of the Dei Consentes (Porticus Deorum Consentium) was a sanctuary for the twelve major gods and goddesses of the Roman pantheon, maybe in the style of the Greek dodecatheon. The portico is located on the slope of the Capitoline Hill towards the Forum Romanum, on the Clivus Capitolinus in a corner between the Temple of Saturn and the Tem...

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Comitum

The Comitium was the centre of all political activity in the Roman Republic. The senate met in the Curia, which was a part of the Comitium, and the consuls and other magistrates spoke to the Roman people from the Rostra, the speakers platform. Some of the most ancient monuments of archaic Rome has been found near or under the Comitium, such as the ...

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Palace of Tiberius

The Palace of Tiberius, also known as Villa Jovis, was a Roman palace located on the island of Capri, Italy. Built by Emperor Tiberius in the 1st century AD, it served as his primary residence during the last years of his reign. Perched on a cliff overlooking the sea, the palace offered stunning views of the Gulf of Naples and was known for its lu...

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Ponte Milvio

This is one of the oldest bridge in Rome. It was rebuilt by Emilio Scauro in 109BC. During the centuries, it was rearranged many times. The tower, rebuilt by Valadier in 1805, was certainly a part of Aurelian's fortifications. On the head of the bridge there are two statues: S. Giovanni Nipomuceno (by Cornacchini, 1731) and the Immacolata ( by Pigi...

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Tomb of Eurysaces

The tomb of Eurysaces near the Porta Maggiore, seen from the north. It was built in c.30 BCE by a man named Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces. A former slave, he had started a bakery and had become rich, which is shown in the decoration. Later, several aqueducts were constructed but the tomb was respected, and it was later included in one of the towers of...

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Temple of Apollo Sosianus

Vowed to Apollo Medicus (the healer) in 433 BC because of a plague and dedicated two years later by an ancestor of Julius Caesar (Livy, IV.29), this was the only temple of Apollo in Rome until the one built by Augustus on the Palatine. The Ludi Apollinares were instituted in 212 BC to honor the god and were celebrated in July. The temple, itself, w...

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The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome

Book By Samuel Ball Platner, WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY...

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Portico di Ottavia (Porticus Octaviae)

The only one conserved of the large ones you carry to us that they limited, on the northern side, the public square of the Flaminio Circus (Porch of Ottavio, Porch of Filippo, Porch of Ottavia) is the Porch of Ottavia. It was preceded on the same place from a more ancient building, the porch of Metello, begun from Q. Cecilio Metello Macedonico in t...

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Regia - The House of Roman Kings

and later the Pontifex Maximus. The Regia was originally the residence of the kings of Rome, and later the office of the pontifex maximus, the high priest of Roman religion. It occupied an area between the Temple of Vesta, the Temple of Divus Julius and Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Forum Romanum. According to ancient tradition it was bui...

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