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 ALTEMPS PALACE (MUSEUM)
In the 17th December 1997, a double event has been celebrated in Rome: the end of the works of repair of Palazzo Altemps, lasted fifteen years, a renaissance palace in the center of Rome, and the reopening to the public of the beautiful collection Lu...
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 ANCIENT OSTIA
In order to get an understanding of the structure of a medium-sized Roman town (about 50,000 inhabitants), a visit to Ostia is essential. Located at the mouth of the Tiber, Ostia was Rome's port. Although originally founded long before the Imperial A...
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 ARA PACIS
This religious monument was erected in 13-9 B.C. to celebrate the peace established in the Roman empire by Augustus. Originally it was located on the site of present Palazzo Fiano. The altar was partly excavated beneath the palace in 1568 and in the ...
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 ARCH OF “ARGENTARI”
Or arch of the silver changers, built by the money-changers’ guild in A.D. 204 to honor the imperial family of Septimius Severus – adorning the arch is a relief portraying Septimius Severius, Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla and Geta, whose figu...
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 ARCH OF CONSTANTINE
This is the largest and best conserved of all triumphal arches in Rome. It was built in 315 by Senate and Roman people in honor of emperor Constantine and his victory over Maxentius in the battle at Saxa Rubra on October 28, 312. The arch is compound...
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 ARCH OF DOLABELLA
Originally it was one of the city entrances built in the walls protecting the city in Republican epoch and restored by Augustus. Dolabella and Silanus (10 A.D.) were the magistrates responsible for reconstruction of this gate which might bore the nam...
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 ARCH OF JANUS
On the Via del Velabro, a name that recalls the marshy river bank (Velabrum) of the Tiber river, where the legendary she-wolf is said to have found Romulus and Remus, a great arch rises above an arm of the Cloaca Maxima. It has passages on all four s...
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 ARCH OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
The mighty triumphal arch with three archways, 20.88 m (68 feet) high and 23.27 m (76 feet) wide, is among the best-preserved monuments in the Forum. According to the dedicatory inscription on the attic story, it was erected by the “Senate and People...
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 ARCH OF TITUS
It was erected by Domitian in honor of his father Vespasian and brother Titus, starting from 81 A.D. He wanted particularly celebrate their victories in the Judean War and conquering of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 A.D. Thus this monument could be consid...
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