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... century BC . From its posi- tion overlooking the most easily forded stretch of the Tiber , the Capitol has always been one of the most important areas of the city , both as a defensive refuge and as a commercial centre . Since the ...
... century BC . From its posi- tion overlooking the most easily forded stretch of the Tiber , the Capitol has always been one of the most important areas of the city , both as a defensive refuge and as a commercial centre . Since the ...
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... BC . The other , which links the is- land with the district of Trastevere , is the Pons Cestius , built at the end of the 1st century AD by the consul Lucius Cestius . 62. MODEL OF THE THEATRE OF MARCELLUS ( Museum of Roman Civilisation ) ...
... BC . The other , which links the is- land with the district of Trastevere , is the Pons Cestius , built at the end of the 1st century AD by the consul Lucius Cestius . 62. MODEL OF THE THEATRE OF MARCELLUS ( Museum of Roman Civilisation ) ...
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... century BC . It represents one of Niobe's daughters who has been shot in the back with an arrow by Apollo . 120. VENUS OF CYRENE . Original Greek work of the 4th century BC showing the goddess just risen from the sea ; a dolphin ...
... century BC . It represents one of Niobe's daughters who has been shot in the back with an arrow by Apollo . 120. VENUS OF CYRENE . Original Greek work of the 4th century BC showing the goddess just risen from the sea ; a dolphin ...
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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