Day 2: Roman Forum – Arch of Titus (Rome, Italy)
August 7, 2011
Day 2: Arch of Septimius Serverus in the Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)
August 7, 2011Day 2: Roman Forum – Basilica of Constantine (Rome, Italy)
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...aka The Basilica of Maxentius
"The emperor Maxentius never saw his Basilica finished. He died on the banks of the Tiber... after the famous battle against Constantine in 312 AD. So it was Constantine who inaugurated the last and biggest of the Roman basilicas..." [via Rome Past and Present with Reconstructions by R.A. Staccioli, p.44]
(Affiliate Link) "a roof 130 feet high... The hall itself was as long as a football field, lavishly furnished with colorful inlaid marble, a gilded bronze ceiling, and statues..." (p.106-107 Rick Steves’ Rome)
On This Day in History
- Day 2: The Curia - Senate House of Julius (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Temple of Julius Caesar (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Arch of Septimius Serverus in the Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Roman Forum - Arch of Titus (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Trajan's Column, Roman Forum and Victor Emmanuel Monument (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Quirinal Palace - aka Presidential Palace (Rome, Italy) - 2011
- Day 2: Breakfast Hotel Artemide and the Parish Santi Vitale - 2011
- Accommodations: Hotel Artemide (Rome, Italy) - 2011