We started another warm day by taxi to Constantine's Arch. This was the starting point for the tour of Ancient Rome. We went up to the Palentine Hill which originally were very expensive houses but were all demolished because the Emperor wanted the whole hill just for his one house, henceforth the word Palace. We could see down into the Circus Maximus which has been completely stripped of its marble as has the rest of old Rome. Some numb nut called Mussolini put an army parade type road right thru the middle of the ancient Forums. Now some other goose neck is putting an under ground railway thru there and have not got to far in 15 yar because they keep running into ancient ruins. Der. Quite a few marble columns still stand because they are one solid piece brought out from Egypt and the raiders tried to saw the columns into pieces but the stone was too hard. Another 10km day at 35°.
The Colloseum is big, it was built in a short two years because they made it as a circular aquaduct which they were already churning out.
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| Forums of Rome |
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| Shows cut marks |
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| Collosal |
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