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The Trevi Fountain ( Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 [1] and several others. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, [2] it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and ...
List of Roman emperors. The Prima Porta statue of Augustus ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but ...
The Pantheon ( UK: / ˈpænθiən /, US: /- ɒn /; [ 1 ] Latin: Pantheum, [ nb 1 ] from Greek ΠάνθειονPantheion, " [temple] of all the gods") is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church ( Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier ...
View of the Palatine Hill from across the Circus Maximus A schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and the Servian Wall. The Palatine Hill (/ ˈ p æ l ə t aɪ n /; Classical Latin: Palatium; [1] Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been ...
In modern Rome, five of the seven hills—the Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, and Viminal Hills—are now the sites of monuments, buildings, and parks. The Capitoline Hill is the location of Rome's city hall, and the Palatine Hill is part of the main archaeological area. A smaller area was covered by the seven peaks associated with the ...
Gismondi's scale model of the Capitoline Hill under Constantine, Museum of Roman Civilization Schematic map of Rome showing the Seven Hills and the Servian Wall. The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ ˈ k æ p ɪ t ə l aɪ n, k ə ˈ p ɪ t-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-; Italian: Campidoglio [kampiˈdɔʎʎo]; Latin: Mons Capitolinus [ˈmõːs kapɪtoːˈliːnʊs]), between the Forum and the ...
Roman Forum. / 41.89222°N 12.48528°E / 41.89222; 12.48528. The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum ( Italian: Foro Romano ), is a rectangular forum ( plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this ...
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities. The Roman Empire lost the strengths that had ...