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WITH
THE EVOLUTION OF TIME AND THE MACHINATIONS OF HISTORY, CAME
THE BIRTH OF THE TWINS ROMULUS AND REMUS, WHO PLAYED THEIR DRAMATIC
ROLE IN THE FOUNDING OF ROME IN THE YEAR 753 B.C.
WANDER
THE PATH OF HISTORY FROM THE ROMAN FORUM, NOBLE IN IT'S RUINIOUS
PERFECTION, LYING IN THE VALLEY OF THE SEVEN HILLS OF ROME ,
GAZED UPON BY THE PALATINE HILL, THE IMPERIAL PALACE OF THE
KINGS AND EMPERORS FROM THE VERY FIRST KING ROMULUS.
A LAND
OF CONTRASTS
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ROME BOASTED NOT ONLY OF AMPHITHEATRES SUCH AS THE COLOSSEUM
FOR EXHIBITIONS OF VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO THE CIRCUS FOR CHARIOT
RACES, THE STADIUM OF DOMITIAN , FOR CONTESTS OF ARCHERY, WRESTLING,
WIT AND ART, THE THEATRE OF MARCELLUS, FOR MUSIC AND DRAMATICS
. THESE WERE SOURCES OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE MASSES AS WELL
AS THE EMPERORS; WHILE THE PUBLIC BATHS , WERE PLACES OF RECREATION
AND RELAXATION FOR THE MASSES.
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Mouth of truth

Pantheon

The Palatine
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