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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 Testaccio rione, Rome's trade and slaughterhouse area, is the place where Rome's most original and traditional foods can still be found. The area was often known as the "belly" or "slaughterhouse" of Rome, and was inhabited by butchers, or vaccinari. [6] The most common or ancient Roman cuisine included the quinto quarto (lit. ' fifth ...
The restaurant, initially called Osteria da Cencio (Cencio's Eatery), was opened in 1941 by the couple Vincenzo "Cencio" and Renata de Santis who decided, following an episode involving the actor Massimo Serato, to combine traditional food with a form of entertainment based on folk songs often seasoned with risque jokes and profanities in the Romanesco dialect.
Rome Lazio [S 1] [1] 2: Pons Aemilius in ruins: Oldest stone bridge in Rome ... Ponte di Tiberio: Constructed under Tiberius: 62 m (203 ft) Masonry 5 arches: Via ...
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.
Originally the tea room was on Via dei Due Macelli, a sideroad of the Piazza di Spagna, but the establishment's success encouraged the owners to relocate to the Piazza di Spagna 23. [2] [3] [4] It is located on the ground floor of an 18th-century building from which one can see the Spanish Steps, the staircase of the Trinità dei Monti church.
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).
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 ().