“Cast your eyes on the Palatine hill and seek, among the shapeless and enormous fragments, the marble theatre, the obelisks, the colossal statues, the porticoes of Nero’s palace; survey the other hills of the city; the vacant space is interrupted only by ruins and gardens.”

(Illustration credit ill.1)

ill.1   The Grandeur That Was Rome

ill.2   A Map of Ancient Rome

ill.3   A Map of the Roman Fora

ill.4   The Temple of Vespasian

ill.5   A View of the Roman Forum

ill.6   Portico of the Temple of Saturn

ill.7   The Column of Phocas and Arch of Septimius Severus

ill.8   The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina

ill.9   The Arch of Titus

ill.10 The Basilica of Constantine

ill.11 The Coliseum and the Arch of Constantine

ill.12 Substructure of the Temple of Claudius at SS. Giovanni e Paolo

ill.13 The Temple of Venus and Rome

ill.14 Crypt Under the Capitoline Hill

ill.15 The Theatre of Marcellus

ill.16 The Fire Wall of the Forum of Augustus