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... dedicated to Thutmosis II and III ( 15th century BC ) , and is the tallest ( 32.50 metres ) and oldest obelisk to have been brought to Rome in antiquity . It now stands in the square of St John Lateran , where it was transferred by Pope ...
... dedicated to Thutmosis II and III ( 15th century BC ) , and is the tallest ( 32.50 metres ) and oldest obelisk to have been brought to Rome in antiquity . It now stands in the square of St John Lateran , where it was transferred by Pope ...
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... dedicated to lesser divinities that made the Capitol into the religious centre of the Empire . Over the centuries all these magnificent classi- cal buildings have suffered from the ravages of time , so that only ruined fragments survive ...
... dedicated to lesser divinities that made the Capitol into the religious centre of the Empire . Over the centuries all these magnificent classi- cal buildings have suffered from the ravages of time , so that only ruined fragments survive ...
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... dedicated to Esculapius , the god of healing . According to an old legend , the sacred ser- pent of Esculapius , which had been brought from Epidaurus in Greece , the centre of his cult , in order to protect Rome from a severe plague ...
... dedicated to Esculapius , the god of healing . According to an old legend , the sacred ser- pent of Esculapius , which had been brought from Epidaurus in Greece , the centre of his cult , in order to protect Rome from a severe plague ...
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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