Tag: Roman

  • Trajan’s column

    Trajan’s column

    An impressive piece of work by anybody’s standards.

  • Teatro di Marcello

    Teatro di Marcello

    Built in Julius Caesar’s time, and so pre-dating the Colosseum, this theatre is on the edge of the Jewish Quarter, giving it an alternative name of the Jewish Colosseum. It seems that much of the structure was buried for centuries and has only recently been excavated. There is still a lot of restoration work going…

  • Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus

    Nymphaeum of Alexander Severus

    My first Roman ruin of the trip! Built in the 3rd century CE as a monumental fountain.