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Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) - Ancient Rome Live
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Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) - Ancient Rome Live

The Roman Emperor Constantine founded Constantinople on Byzantium, a strategic site for controlling the Bosphorus by the Greeks and as recently as Septimius Severus. This city was Constantine's "New Rome" with churches, walls, hippodrome...
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia - Ancient Rome Live (AIRC)
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National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia - Ancient Rome Live (AIRC)

Learn about the ancient Etruscans at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, arguably the most important collection of ancient art about the Etruscans and ancient Italic cultures. Join Archaeologist Darius Arya of #ancientromelive...
Portico of Octavia - Ancient Rome Live
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Portico of Octavia - Ancient Rome Live

The Portico of Octavia in the Circus Flaminius, part of the southern Campus Martius, was the monumental entrance to a complex with two temples - Jupiter and Juno- surrounded by porticoes. The first on the spot was 2nd Century BCE, built...
Temple of Faustina & Antoninus Pius - Ancient Rome Live
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Temple of Faustina & Antoninus Pius - Ancient Rome Live

Located in the Roman Forum, this is one of the best-preserved temples in Rome. The temple was dedicated to Faustina and then Antoninus Pius. It is so well preserved because the temple was converted into the Church of St. Lawrence of the...
Temple of Venus & Rome - Ancient Rome Live
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Temple of Venus & Rome - Ancient Rome Live

The colossal Temple of Venus and Rome was one of Rome's largest imperial temples. It essentially enveloped the Velia Hill, next to the Palatine and overlooking the Colosseum valley. Hadrian constructed this temple dedicated to two deities...
Temple of Hadrian - Ancient Rome Live
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Temple of Hadrian - Ancient Rome Live

The Temple of Hadrian was for the deified emperor Hadrian, who reigned 117-138 CE. He was buried in his new mausoleum, and his temple was close to the Pantheon in the Campus Martius. The massive temple is partially intact today, part of...
Vicus Iugarius
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Vicus Iugarius

The Vicus Iugarius is the road that links the emporium and Forum Boarium to the Roman Forum. It skirts along the base of the Capitoline hill, below the Clivus Capitolinus, and enters the forum, passing between the Temple of Saturn and Basilica...
Villa of the Gordians - Ancient Rome Live
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Villa of the Gordians - Ancient Rome Live

The Gordian Villa is an impressive series of builds that span both sides of the Via Praenestina. It is attributed to the Gordian family, with Roman emperors Gordian I, Gordian II, and Gordian III. Many of the structures were reused in the...
Quirinal Obelisk - Ancient Rome Live
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Quirinal Obelisk - Ancient Rome Live

The Quirinal obelisk is one of the many obelisks that the Romans transported to Rome, subsequently repurposed in the papal period in a new location. Specifically, the Quirinal obelisk is one of two obelisks brought from Egypt, designated...
Imperial Rostra - Ancient Rome Live
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Imperial Rostra - Ancient Rome Live

The imperial rostra was created by Julius Caesar and expanded by Augustus. It the speaker's platform in the forum, originally a curved wall portion of the round Comitium, decoded with bronze ship rams after a naval victory in 338 BCE. Augustus...
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