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The central forum piazza, about the size of a football field was a place of meeting and socialization, assembly, voting, riots and entertainment (gladiator fights). This site was inundated with statuary of every type...

The Roman Emperor Constantine founded Constantinople on Byzantium, a strategic site for controlling the Bosphorus by the Greeks and as recently as Septimius Severus. This city was Constantine's "New...

Learn about the ancient Etruscans at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, arguably the most important collection of ancient art about the Etruscans and ancient Italic cultures...

The Portico of Octavia in the Circus Flaminius, part of the southern Campus Martius, was the monumental entrance to a complex with two temples - Jupiter and Juno- surrounded by porticoes. The first on the spot...

Located in the Roman Forum, this is one of the best-preserved temples in Rome. The temple was dedicated to Faustina and then Antoninus Pius. It is so well preserved because the temple was converted...

The colossal Temple of Venus and Rome was one of Rome's largest imperial temples. It essentially enveloped the Velia Hill, next to the Palatine and overlooking the Colosseum valley. Hadrian constructed this...

The Temple of Hadrian was for the deified emperor Hadrian, who reigned 117-138 CE. He was buried in his new mausoleum, and his temple was close to the Pantheon in the Campus Martius. The massive temple is partially...

The Vicus Iugarius is the road that links the emporium and Forum Boarium to the Roman Forum. It skirts along the base of the Capitoline hill, below the Clivus Capitolinus, and enters the forum, passing between the Temple of Saturn...

The Gordian Villa is an impressive series of builds that span both sides of the Via Praenestina. It is attributed to the Gordian family, with Roman emperors Gordian I, Gordian II, and Gordian III. Many of...

The Quirinal obelisk is one of the many obelisks that the Romans transported to Rome, subsequently repurposed in the papal period in a new location. Specifically, the Quirinal obelisk is one of two obelisks brought...