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  VILLA DI LIVIA

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  This is the famous suburban villa “ad Gallinas Albas” built for Livia Drusilla, Octavian Augustus’ wife.  The world known statue of Augustus Prima Porta (now at the Vatican) was found here. It consists of a large complex, where we will walk on an ancient Roman road, through the frescoed rooms and on the mosaic and marble […]

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  AUGUSTUS AND THE CAMPUS MARTIUS

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  This walk is focused on emperor Octavian Augustus (63 BC-14AD) and his impact on the area of Rome called Campus Martius. We will see a highly symbolic complex of monuments, that were all connected and all made to build consensus around the first emperor. We start from Ara Pacis, the most celebrated altar dedicated by Octavian Augustus […]

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  TRAJAN’S MARKETS AND IMPERIAL FORA

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