Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome Tour
(Colosseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill /Capitol Hill)
 

The ancient Rome tour is one of the must of your stay in the Eternal City.

Our itinerary will start from the Flavian Amphitheatre well-known as “the Colosseum”, the largest amphitheatre ever built by the Flavian Family and it’s the symbol of Rome itself. Emperor Vespasian ordered to destroy the structure of the previous Golden House of Nero and started to built a big amphitheatre (major axe 188 m long- minor 156 m long) for several types of shows: Wild Animals Hunts and Gladiator Combats, Executions and Naval Battles. The Colosseum held more than 50.000 spectators placed in different levels of the monument.
The Flavian Amphitheatre was inaugurated under his son Titus in 80 A.D. with 100 days of games! 

We’ll see the impressive Arc of Constantine decreed by the Senate and People of Rome (S.P.Q.R.) after the Constantine’s victory over Maxentius in 312 A.D. It’s the largest and best preserved of the arches in Rome.
Then we’ll visit the Roman Forum, the political, religious, legal and administrative centre of the ancient city. Around this rectangular square there were basilicas, temples (afterward transformed in Christian Churches), arches and important public buildings as the Curia (the ancient seat of the Senate).

We’ll see the Temple of Vesta and the House of the Vestal Virgins, the few remains of the Temple of the Divine Julius Cesar, the columns of the Huge Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Arch of Septimius Severus.
We’ll climb on top of the Capitol Hill, that was the centre of the religious life, where there was the Temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Today the hill is one of the best example of Renaissance square, projected by Michelangelo in the 16 th century, flanked by illustrious palaces (Palazzo Senatorio, seat of the Municipality, Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, now Capitoline Museums) with the copy of the Marcus Aurelius' on horse, gilded bronze statue, set in the middle. 

The tour could include also the Palatine Hill. It is the most famous of Rome's hills and it retains the earliest memories of the city. It was here that Romolus, the legendary first king of Rome founded the city in 753 B.C. Here were the Emperors' palaces (the Domus Augustana and the Domus Flavia) and it’s possible to visit a little museum with the archaeological finds discovered during the excavations on the Palatine(Antiquarium).