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hectic battle scenes
just above the
smaller arches,
sculpted in AD 315.
In the curious
dwarflike soldiers,
you can see the
transition from
Classicism to a
cruder medieval
style of sculpture.
Now take Via di San
Gregorio, which runs e Four-sided Arch of Janus in the
the length of the Forum Boarium
valley between the
Palatine and Celian take shelter from the sun or
hills. This was the rain when discussing business.
ancient route taken Like the Arch of Titus, it became
by most triumphal part of a fortress built by the
processions. Passing Frangipane family during
LARGO 5 Arch of Titus in a 19th-century watercolor the entrance to the the Middle Ages.
VIA DEL TEATRO DI MARC E L LO 4 2 V I A S A C R A arches of the Claudian in Velabro r (see p204) is what
E REMO
PIAZZA DEL
Tucked away beside the
Palatine 8 and the
by the English artist Thomas Hartley Cromek
COMPIDOGLIO
1
well-preserved
nearby church of San Giorgio
Aqueduct 9 on the right, you
looks like a large rectangular
3
doorway. This is the Arco degli
come to Piazza di Porta Capena
VIA D. CONS O L AZ IONE ROMANO 5 PIAZZA DEL 0, named after the gate that Argentari, or Moneychangers’
ROMOLO VIA D EI FORI IMPERIALI
FORO
Colosseo
Arch t. Look up at the
stood here to mark the
was erected by local silversmiths
6
ISOLA V. D E I F I E N I L I VIA DI S. TEODORO V I A S A C R A COLOSSEO inscription, which says that it
TIBERNA LUNGOT. PIERLE ONI V. S. GIOVANNI DECOLLATO t r MONTE 7 in honor of Septimius Severus
e P A L A TIN O V. CELIO VIBENNA and his family in AD 204. As in
the emperor’s triumphal arch,
Ponte PIAZZA D. the name of Geta has been
BOCCA
Palatino DELLA
VERITÀ V.LE DEL PA RCO DEL CELIO obliterated by his brother
w 8 and murderer, Caracalla. Geta’s
9 V I A D I S A N G R E G O R I O figure has also been removed
from among the portraits on
PARCO DEL CLIVO DI SCAURO the panels inside the arch.
CIRCO Triumph in Imperial Rome
MASSIMO could be very short-lived.
V I A D E I C E R C H I
q M O N T E
CELIO
0 9 Arches of Domitian’s extension to the Tips for Walkers
PIAZZA Claudian Aqueduct
DI PORTA Starting point: The Roman
CAPENA
beginning of the Via Appia Forum, entrance Largo Romolo e
carrying building materials (see p267). After rounding the Remo, on Via dei Fori Imperiali.
quarried from the Forum’s back of the Palatine, follow Via Length: 1.5 miles (2.5 km).
many ruined monuments. dei Cerchi, which runs alongside Getting there: The nearest Metro
the grassy area that preserves, station is Colosseo on line B.
Arch of Constantine in an oval outline, all that Buses 75, 85, 87, 117, 186, and
810 stop in Via dei Fori Imperiali,
Leave the Forum by heading remains of the Circus Maximus near the Forum entrance.
down the hill toward the q (see p207). Best time: Any time during
Colosseum 6 (see pp94–7) and Forum opening hours (see p85).
the nearby Arch of Constantine Arches of the Forum Boarium Stopping points: Several bars
7 (see p93). This arch, hastily When you reach the church of and restaurants overlook the
built to commemorate the Sant’Anastasia w, turn right up Colosseum. There is a marvelous
emperor’s victory over his rival Via di San Teodoro, then first left pasticceria on the corner of Via dei
Maxentius in AD 312, is a down Via del Velabro. Straddling Cerchi and Via di San Teodoro, and
patchwork of reliefs from the street is the four-sided Arch an organic market (Sun) at the
different periods. Stand on the of Janus e (see p204), erected start of Via di San Teodoro. For a
Via di San Gregorio side and in the 3rd century AD. This is not meal, try Alvaro al Circo Massimo
compare the earlier panels at a triumphal arch but a covered (closed Mon) in Via di San Teodoro.
the top (AD 180–193) with the area where merchants could
For keys to symbols see back flap
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