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Rome Sites, The Colosseum and Herculaneum

Rome Sites, The Colosseum and Herculaneum

This post will include some other sites in Rome from our Rome, Amalfi Coast, Sicily and Malta tour.  The places in this section were not stops on our tour, but they are ones we saw while traveling around Rome.   The first picture depicts the ruins of the Stadium of Emperor Domitian.  The stadium included a running track.  It is not known if the public was ever allowed on the grounds of the Stadium.  The Circus Maximus would have been in…

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Rome (Part Two)

Rome (Part Two)

These are pictures of the Roman Forum. It is a rectangular plaza that is surrounded by the ruins of several ancient buildings.  The Forum was a marketplace and civic center.  Monuments honored great men of the time.  The last picture with the three columns are all that remains from the Temple of Castor and Pollux.  It was built in 6 AD, replacing an earlier temple.  Castor and Pollux were the twin sons of Jupiter and said to have been instrumental…

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