1. WATER GAMES IN ANCIENT ROME VANNUCCHI & MORONI

2. COLOSSEO The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and it is s considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world. The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and it is s considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world.

3. NAVAL BATTLES IN THE COLOSSEUM In the Colosseum only few naval battles (Naumachiae) were fought, because only in the first years, when the dungeons were not built with cages and cells, it was possible to flood the arena. The show, however, was so startling and impressive that when the naval battles were organized, they left the audience so amazed that many historians left documents about them.

4. PIAZZA NAVONA Piazza Navona is a square in Rome. It follows the plan of an ancient Roman circus, where the Romans came to watch the agones. Its Italian name, refers to the naval battles often organized in this circus during Roman times. It now features sculptural and architectural creations by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi), by Francesco Borromini and Giacomo Rinaldi, who designed the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone. Piazza Navona is a square in Rome. It follows the plan of an ancient Roman circus, where the Romans came to watch the agones. Its Italian name, refers to the naval battles often organized in this circus during Roman times. It now features sculptural and architectural creations by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi), by Francesco Borromini and Giacomo Rinaldi, who designed the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone.

5. VILLA ADRIANA The villa was built in Tivoli as a retreat from Rome for the Roman emperor Hadrian during the second and the third decades of the II century a.D. Hadrian was said to dislike the palace on the Palatine hill in Rome. During the last years of his reign, he actually governed the empire from this villa.