GEOGRAPHY OF ROME
THE TIBER AND THE SEVEN HILLS
MAJOR LANDMARKS The Capitoline Hill – the site of the Temple of Iuppiter Optimus Maximus The Palatine Hill – site of the emperor’s palace The Circus Maximus – venue for chariot races, lay between the Palatine and Aventine hills and after expansion by Julius Caesar could hold about 270,000 spectators Forum Romanum – the principal public square, between Capitoline and Palatine. (See the clickable picture at http://intranet.grundel.nl/thinkquest/homeforum.html -) The Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium), main venue for gladiator fights, situated to the east of the Forum Romanum
THE CAPITOLINE HILL (http://www.the-romans.co.uk/prayer.htm)
PALATINE HILL OVERLOOKING THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS
CIRCUS MAXIMUS
CIRCUS MAXIMUS AROUND 100 A.D. AND TODAY
THE FORUM ROMANUM
COLOSSEUM