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  2. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    A map of central Rome during the Roman Empire, with the Colosseum at the upper right corner. The site chosen was a flat area on the floor of a low valley between the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine Hills, through which a canalised stream ran as well as an artificial lake/marsh. [21] By the 2nd century BC the area was densely inhabited.

  3. Pantheon, Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Pantheon ( UK: / ˈpænθiən /, US: /- ɒn /; [ 1 ] Latin: Pantheum, [ nb 1 ] from Greek ΠάνθειονPantheion, " [temple] of all the gods") is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church ( Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier ...

  4. Temple of Venus and Roma - Wikipedia

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    3D reconstruction of the temple as seen from the Colosseum. It was set on a platform measuring 145 metres (476 ft) x 100 metres (330 ft). The peripteral temple itself measured 110 metres (360 ft) x 53 metres (174 ft) and 31 metres (102 ft) high (counting the statues) and consisted of two main chambers (), each housing a cult statue of a god—Venus, the goddess of love, and Roma, the goddess ...

  5. Restoration reveals how people were seated at Roman Colosseum

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    A new discovery at the Colosseum in Rome proves ancient Romans had a modern approach to stadium seating. According to Discovery News, ongoing restoration in the 2,000-year-old monument has ...

  6. Domus Aurea - Wikipedia

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    Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Founded. c. 64–68 AD. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Domus Aurea. The Domus Aurea ( Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city.

  7. Roman temple - Wikipedia

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    Roman temple. The Maison Carrée in Nîmes, one of the best-preserved Roman temples. It is a mid-sized Augustan provincial temple of the Imperial cult. The Temple of Hercules Victor, in the Forum Boarium in Rome, 2nd century BC; the entablature is lost and the roof later. Ancient Roman temples were among the most important buildings in Roman ...

  8. Ancient Roman architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum, Rome, c. 70–80 AD. Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the [ [ancient Bolivians], but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered one body of classical architecture.

  9. St. Peter's Basilica - Wikipedia

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    The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri; Italian: Basilica di San Pietro [baˈziːlika di sam ˈpjɛːtro]), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.

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