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Ariminum (modern Rimini) was founded as an ancient Roman colonia in 268 BC, when the Roman Senate sent 6,000 settlers to the bank of the river Ariminus (). [27] Construction of the Ponte di Tiberio started during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finished under his successor, Augustus' adoptive son Tiberius, in 21 AD.
The arch was built in 27 BC, commissioned by the Roman Senate in honour of Augustus, who had become the first Roman emperor in the same year. It was built at the northern end of the Via Flaminia, [2] [3] a Roman road between Ariminum (modern Rimini) and Rome constructed in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminius, [3] [4] and at the start of Ariminum 's decumanus maximus (Corso d'Augusto). [11]
Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), to span the Tiber from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo.
Schematic map of the Via Aemilia through the Roman Empire's Regio VIII Aemilia Route of Via Aemilia (in light brown, between Placentia and Ariminum). The Via Aemilia (Italian: Via Emilia, English: Aemilian Way) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum (), on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the River Padus ().
Ponte di Tiberio, September 2007 Ponte di Tiberio. Constructed between 14 and 21 AD under the reigns of emperors Augustus and Tiberius, [148] [149] the bridge over the Marecchia was built to showcase the impressiveness of Roman monumental infrastructure, [150] and it is the oldest surviving Roman bridge to be decorated with Greek orders. [151]
The Pons Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio, "Fabrician Bridge") or Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is the oldest extant bridge in Rome, Italy. [1] Built in 62 BC, it spans half of the Tiber River, from the Campus Martius on the east side to Tiber Island in the middle (the Pons Cestius is west of the island).
Ponte Garibaldi Ponte Sant'Angelo Ponte Milvio Ponte Sisto. This is an incomplete list of bridges in the city of Rome, in Italy: Pons Sublicius (around 642 BC) Ponte di Castel Giubileo (built 1951) Ponte di Tor di Quinto (1960) Ponte Cestio (1st century BC), also called Ponte San Bartolomeo; Ponte Flaminio (1932–1951)
Harry's Bar Rome is a historic bar and restaurant located on the Via Veneto in Rome, Italy. It gained international fame when it was featured in La Dolce Vita , a film by Federico Fellini . Today, it operates as a bar and restaurant and attracts an upscale Roman and international crowd.