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The site includes a portion of the city wall built in the late-Republican age (second half of the 1st century BC) with subsequent additions, a domus dating back to the 1st century AD with high-quality pavementation and, on the outer side of the Republican walls, a section of the second city wall built by Theodoric the Great between the end of ...
The first phase of construction of the defenses began around the second half of the 1st century B.C., following Verona's attainment of the rank of Roman municipium; a second phase of renovation and enlargement of the city walls took place in the 3rd century at the urging of Emperor Gallienus; and, finally, in a final phase in the early 6th ...
Verona Cathedral Verona Cathedral The Verona Cathedral is a complex of buildings consisting of the main church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the church of St. John in Fonte, formerly a baptistery, the church of St. Helena, and the Chapter Library, one of the oldest libraries in the world and among the most important of its kind in Europe.
Porta Nuova is a gateway to the historic center of Verona, built between 1532 and 1540.It was designed by architect Michele Sanmicheli. Giorgio Vasari remarked on the gateway in his work Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architettori, stating that it was "never before any other work of more grandeur or better design."
Panorama of Verona and its river in a mid-eighteenth century painting by Bernardo Bellotto, better known as Canaletto.. The history of Verona traces its origins from the foundation of the first settlement on San Pietro hill, probably dating back to the Neolithic period, to the present day: the evidence of such an ancient and rich history can be seen in the landmarks, in the streets and squares ...
He escaped from a gladiator school in 73 BC with around 70 other slaves, and would eventually lead a slave revolt that took over most of southern Italy with around 90,000 men.
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.. Describing it as a ...
Roman walls of Lugo, built between 263 and 276 AD to defend the Roman town of Lucus Augusti (in what is now Spain) Aurelian Walls, the later wall of Rome, built in the late 3rd century AD; Diocletianopolis city walls of 2.3 km total length were built in the early 4th century after the Gothic invasions.