Italy Trip
Rome P.41
.![]() The Triumphal Arch of Septimus Severus at the entrance to the Roman forum and Palatine. |
![]() The Roman forum. |
![]() I'm not sure what building this is. |
![]() More of the forum. |
![]() The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. |
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![]() The main square. |
![]() The Temple of Castor and Pollux. |
![]() Next we went in to the Temple of Caesar. |
![]() After Julius Caesar was murdered, his body was carried to the forum, near the Regia, which was his official residence as pontifex maximus. A funeral pyre was built and his body cremated. Initially a commemorative column was erected on the spot with a dedication to the "father of the fatherland", but soon after Augustus started the construction of a temple for his adoptive father who the senate had declared a god. The temple was finished and consecrated in 29 BCE. Someone left a half dozen roses on the spot. |
![]() The Temple of Saturn |
![]() More of the Temple of Saturn. |
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