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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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Pompeii

Pompeii

As we walked among the ruins of Pompeii, our local guide shared what life in Pompeii would have been like as well as that fateful day when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.  The ruins remained undisturbed for over one thousand years.  One of the first areas we saw was the forum, a large plaza where people would have gathered to socialize, do business and worship.  Immediately below is the Temple of Jupiter with Mt. Vesuvius in the background.  The…

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