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... centre where political , adminis- trative and commercial activity was based . Rome had its For- um in the valley situated between the hills overlooking the Tiber , from which it was possible to control all the surround- ing region ...
... centre where political , adminis- trative and commercial activity was based . Rome had its For- um in the valley situated between the hills overlooking the Tiber , from which it was possible to control all the surround- ing region ...
Page 16
... centre of a political , commercial , and economic empire . By the end of the Republic ( 1st century BC ) many people had moved into the metropolis , and the administrators had to cope with a pop- ulation explosion . In addition to ...
... centre of a political , commercial , and economic empire . By the end of the Republic ( 1st century BC ) many people had moved into the metropolis , and the administrators had to cope with a pop- ulation explosion . In addition to ...
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... centre . Since the period of the Kings of Rome the hill had been regarded as a sacred place , but it was the construction of the Temple of Jupiter , Juno and Minerva at the start of the Republic , and the building of other temples ...
... centre . Since the period of the Kings of Rome the hill had been regarded as a sacred place , but it was the construction of the Temple of Jupiter , Juno and Minerva at the start of the Republic , and the building of other temples ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall