And the Gods Smiled Upon Rome...
Walking, guided and self-guided and archaeological tours are all available for the visitor. Book your hotel online nearby the venues, and you will have a trip of a lifetime!
Walking tours can last a few hours and will cover the Colosseum, Forum and Pantheon just to name a few of the stops. You will be able to see how the gladiators fought, the slaves labored and the Vestal Virgins prayed. Learn history along the way and these locations will flourish for you. These are not the only attractions from Ancient Rome, however. In a city that has been continually occupied for nearly three thousand years, there is a lot to see.
The Capitol is on Capitoline Hill and is where the seat of government and major temples were built. This was the opulence that Rome built. Seen from miles around, it was the envy, and the fear, of many ancient peoples. The Roman Forum can be found here, as well. This was the area the where people would gather for a day-to-day chat, legal issues and shop or trade. The Colosseum was the entertainment industry in Rome while Palatine Hill is the location upon which Rome was founded by Romulus and where the emperors lived for several centuries.
The Forum Romanium was the central core to the city, a place where everything radiated out from it. Religious rites were performed here, as well as business, trade and prostitution. Public buildings from the ancient era still have shells standing in their place. The Romans were keen architects and inventors of cement, purveyors of marble. You can still see the Forum, Arch of Septimius Serverus and the Temple of Saturn. The Sacra Via is the main road from the Forum that led people through the city, and you can still see the road today.
The Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) was built for Emperor Vespasian and completed by his son. The opening day alone took 100 days to complete. 55,000 people could watch the games and theatre that was held here. The gladiators, POWs and slaves, were sent into combat here until Christianity took over the Holy Roman Empire. Only a skeleton of its former glory remains.
Temples to the gods still stand throughout the city. The Pantheon was one of the smaller temples built. Greek and Roman architecture are present. In the seventh century this was actually turned into a Roman Catholic Church. It also housed a mausoleum.
Baths were all the rage in Rome. For three hundred years it was a place of comradeship and cleanliness that would start with a Turkish bath and would end within the central meeting place. A few of the baths can be visited while checking out ancient Rome.
Traveling throughout Rome you will find yourself on ancient roadways of paved basalt. They were so well built that you can still travel on them even to this day. Imagine yourself as an emperor or a mere traveler; find the smells and the sounds of days gone by.
Walking tours can last a few hours and will cover the Colosseum, Forum and Pantheon just to name a few of the stops. You will be able to see how the gladiators fought, the slaves labored and the Vestal Virgins prayed. Learn history along the way and these locations will flourish for you. These are not the only attractions from Ancient Rome, however. In a city that has been continually occupied for nearly three thousand years, there is a lot to see.
The Capitol is on Capitoline Hill and is where the seat of government and major temples were built. This was the opulence that Rome built. Seen from miles around, it was the envy, and the fear, of many ancient peoples. The Roman Forum can be found here, as well. This was the area the where people would gather for a day-to-day chat, legal issues and shop or trade. The Colosseum was the entertainment industry in Rome while Palatine Hill is the location upon which Rome was founded by Romulus and where the emperors lived for several centuries.
The Forum Romanium was the central core to the city, a place where everything radiated out from it. Religious rites were performed here, as well as business, trade and prostitution. Public buildings from the ancient era still have shells standing in their place. The Romans were keen architects and inventors of cement, purveyors of marble. You can still see the Forum, Arch of Septimius Serverus and the Temple of Saturn. The Sacra Via is the main road from the Forum that led people through the city, and you can still see the road today.
The Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) was built for Emperor Vespasian and completed by his son. The opening day alone took 100 days to complete. 55,000 people could watch the games and theatre that was held here. The gladiators, POWs and slaves, were sent into combat here until Christianity took over the Holy Roman Empire. Only a skeleton of its former glory remains.
Temples to the gods still stand throughout the city. The Pantheon was one of the smaller temples built. Greek and Roman architecture are present. In the seventh century this was actually turned into a Roman Catholic Church. It also housed a mausoleum.
Baths were all the rage in Rome. For three hundred years it was a place of comradeship and cleanliness that would start with a Turkish bath and would end within the central meeting place. A few of the baths can be visited while checking out ancient Rome.
Traveling throughout Rome you will find yourself on ancient roadways of paved basalt. They were so well built that you can still travel on them even to this day. Imagine yourself as an emperor or a mere traveler; find the smells and the sounds of days gone by.
