COLOSSEUM-THE DARK & BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS.

What will we visit on this tour?

• Meeting point:

  Largo Gaetana Agnesi, 1, 00184 Roma R...

  Largo Gaetana Agnesi, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

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  I'll be in OUTSIDE the bar " CAFFÈ ROMA" Largo Gaetana Agnesi 1, displaying my name : MARCIUS. The bar is located at the TOP of the metro station COLOSSEO. To get to the CAFFÈ ROMA bar, the easiest way is the subway. If you come on foot, remember that the bar is located above the Colosseo metro station. You have to enter the metro stop,Colosseo, immediately turn left, take the stairs that takes you upstairs. Once outside , immediately on the right is the bar. I will be there. Come 15 minutes earlier if you need a toilet. Inside the bar there is the possibility to use it. In Rome to use the toilet you have to buy something. A coffee, water etc and then the bathroom is free.

• 1
  Outside visit

  Colosseum

  We'll start the tour from the meeting point { Caffè Roma}, going to the Northern side of the Colosseum making than a WHOLE WALK AROUND IT. WE DON'T GET INSIDE THE COLOSSEUM!

• 2
  Outside visit

  Arch of Constantine

  It was erected in 315 AD by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I’s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD.

• 3
  Outside visit

  Via Sacra

  The Via Sacra (or ‘Sacred Way’) was the main street to lead travellers and citizens into the main centre of business, known as the Forum. It was also used to establish the religious faith of Roman people to any newcomers, by displaying their temples at the Forum’s entrance.

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• 4
  Outside visit

  Arch of Titus

  The majestic triumphal arch is dedicated to the Emperor Titus and was constructed in the years following his death in 81 CE. The monument celebrates his victory over Jerusalem in 70 CE. and the annexation of Judaea to the Roman Empire. Roman Jews would always refuse to walk under this archway. It was only after the birth of the State of Israel that they crossed it, but this time in the opposite direction to that of the triumphal procession.

• 5
  Outside visit

  Temple of Venus and Rome

  On a high base overlooking the Colosseum Valley stands the temple that Hadrian wanted to dedicate to the goddess Roma Aeterna and the goddess Venus Felix. It is the largest sacred building built by the Romans, and one of the largest in antiquity.

• 6
  Outside visit

  Area del basamento del Colosso di Nerone

  Today, nothing remains of the Colossus of Nero save for the foundations of the pedestal at its second location near the Colosseum. It was possibly destroyed during the Sack of Rome in 410, or toppled in one of a series of fifth-century earthquakes, and its metal scavenged.