Transcript Urbs Romae

Urbs Roma
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Hills of Rome
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Palatine (Palatium)
Aventine (Aventinus)
Capitoline (Capitolium)
Quarinal (Quirinalis)
Viminal (Viminalis)
Esquiline (Esquiliae)
Caelian (Caelius)
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Circus Maximus
 Valley between
Palatine and
Aventine Hills
 Earliest Circus
in Rome
 First Chariot
Race here
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Colosseum
 “Flavian
Amphitheater”
 Built in 80 AD
by Titus
 Arena for
Gladiator
Games
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Roman Forum
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Center of Rome
Temple of Vesta
Curia
Basilica Julia
Rostra
Temple of Saturn
Temple of Caesar
Temple of Castor
and Pollux
 Triumphal Arches
 Via Sacra
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Campus Martius
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Campus Martius
 Field for military training
 Triumphs, Circus, Cults
 Later, many important structures
built here:
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Pompey’s Theater
Ara Pacis
Pantheon
Baths of Nero
Pantheon
 Temple to all the
gods
 First built by
Agrippa in 27 BC
 Burnt down twice
 Rebuilt by Hadrian
in 127 AD
 Largest
unsupported Dome
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Ara Pacis
 Built by
senate for
Augustus in
9 BC
 Celebrating
peace in
Rome
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Temple of Jupiter
Capitoline
 One of the
greatest
temples in
Rome
 Jupiter, Juno,
and Minerva
 Legend says
that it was
built in 509
BC
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