Rome is easily one of our favorite cities in Europe. We have visited Rome many times over the years and always find more to see and do. It is absolutely stuffed full of sights, with thousands of years of history layered upon itself – you’ll find everything here from Roman ruins to R...
Porta Tiburtina is a historic gate within the Aurelian walls in Rome. It is connected to an ancient Augustan arch that carried three aqueducts. This arch served as an opening to an ancient street, Via Tiburtina, that connected Rome, and Tivoli. This paper describes the methodology used to ...
Campo Marzio is the 4th rione of Photo:Wikimedia,CC BY 4.0. 41.91112° or 41° 54' 40" north Longitude 12.47442° or 12° 28' 28" east Elevation Belarusian:Кампа-Марцыа Chinese:战神广场 (罗马分区) Chinese:战神广场 Czech:Campo Marzio Danish:Campo Marzio Dutch:Campo Marzio Es...
The tomb has since been looted, and little is known about its original occupant, but the marble covered 36 meter high pyramid is the only one of its kind in Europe, and we think is definitely worth your time to visit. It’s now incorporated into the Aurelian Walls of the city (which ...
Indeed, ancient city walls still enclose much of the city centre, which is the area of Rome to which tourists flock. The so-called Servian Wall, named for the 6th-century-bce Roman king Servius Tullius but built almost certainly 12 years after the Gauls’ destruction of Rome in 390 bce...
enclosed most of the Esquiline and Caelian hills and all of the other five. It was built into ramparts that dated at least from the earlyRoman Republic. Although Rome grew beyond the Servian defenses, no new wall was constructed until the emperorAurelianbegan building in brick-faced concrete...
Several of the most-outstanding emperors of the late Roman Empire were of Illyrian origin, including Claudius II Gothicus, Aurelian, Diocletian, and Constantine the Great, most of whom were chosen by their own troops on the battlefield and later acclaimed by the Senate. In 395 ce the empire...
In the 2nd centurybceRome intervened on the side of Massilia in its struggle against the tribes of the hinterland, its main aim being the protection of the route from Italy to its new possessions in Spain. The result was the formation, in 121bce, of “the Province” (Provincia, now Prov...