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1000places > ANCIENT ROME - Jeanne's photo of me inside the Colosseum....
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - Fragments of the Forum remain scattered throughout - tantalizing evidence of what once was. Here Jeanne shot a photo of me looking for a better camera angle in the midst of the Forum's remnants.
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - ...and one of both of us.
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - We passed this round, little temple. It is known as the Temple of Romulus - but this was not the Romulus who co-founded Rome. The "Romulus," in this case, was the young son of emperor Maxentius who died in 309 AD. Maxentius built the temple in his honor. The bronze doors are the only original doors still remaining in the Forum, still swinging on their original hinges.
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - Often overlooked by many who walk through the Forum, this squat, unassuming brick structure was the symbol of Roman freedom. This was the Rostrum (Rostra in Latin), the "Speaker's Corner." Once decorated with the prows of captured ships ("rostra"), this is where Rome's orators addressed the populace. Here is where Mark Antony rose at Julius Caesar's funeral to utter "Friends, Romans, countryman...." (actually, those were the words of Shakespeare, not Antony).
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - Over some of the Colosseum's portals, the gate numbers could still be seen.
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - Here is where the Roman arch reached its zenith - the Colosseum, without question, the most magnificent of Rome's ancient structures.
1000places > ANCIENT ROME - The largest of the three triumphal arches to survive in the Forum is the Arch of Constantine. It was erected in AD 315. Constantine only enjoyed his arch for 10 years; in AD 325, he moved the empire's capital to Constantinople (today's Istanbul).
1000places > ROME - Rome is truly the "Eternal City." During one of our last evenings, we walked to the top of the Victor Emmanuel Monument where we watched the sun cast its late afternoon glow over city's ancient structures: the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. We would return to Rome later in our trip, but now it was time to travel northward....to Venice and Florence.
ANCIENT ROME - Jeanne's photo of me inside the Colosseum....

1000places > ANCIENT ROME - Jeanne's photo of me inside the Colosseum....
ANCIENT ROME - Jeanne's photo of me inside the Colosseum....

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