... sites, including the major monuments in a large area outside Rome proper but within easy reach, such as Ostia Antica, Palestrina, Tivoli, and the many areas of interest along the ancient Roman roads. It also covers all the major sites including the Capitoline, the Roman Forum and the Imperial Fora...

...This chapter describes the Capitoline as the farthest projection of a group of hills that breaks off from the plateau northeast of Rome and extends almost to the Tiber. The Capitoline separates the Campus Martius from the Roman Forum and Forum Boarium. Because of its strategic position and physical...

... ostia Porta Appia Velia Fornix Fabianus Compitum Acili Lucus Vestae Meta Remi Pyramid of G Cestius Praefectura Urbana Antiquarium Forum of Augustus Roman Forum Western End Central Area Eastern End Tiber plain city center The valley of the Forum was carved out of the region's compacted...