INTRODUCTION
Today we will go around Rome, Italy and see some of the most famous sites from ancient Rome. Rome is very rich in history and has contributed a lot to western civilization as we know it today.
WHERE IS ROME?
Rome is located in the region of Lazio. Lazio is in central Italy and is bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, and Campania.
Lazio is divided into five provinces: Viterbo, Rieti, Rome, Latina and Frosinone.
Rome's climate is that of a typical Mediterranean climate. It is warm and sunny and is warmest in August where the average temperature is about ninety degrees.
Lazio is divided into five provinces: Viterbo, Rieti, Rome, Latina and Frosinone.
Rome's climate is that of a typical Mediterranean climate. It is warm and sunny and is warmest in August where the average temperature is about ninety degrees.
THE COLOSSEUM
The Colosseum is one of Rome's most famous structures which was constructed in 70 AD and was the largest amphitheater ever built in the Roman Empire.
The Colosseum could originally seat 60,000 spectators and was used for gladiatorial events.
It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.
The Colosseum could originally seat 60,000 spectators and was used for gladiatorial events.
It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.
THE PARTHENON
The Parthenon is a temple built for the Greek goddess Athena, the protectress of Athens, in the 5th century BC. 
The Parthenon replaced an older temple of Athena, called the Pre-Parthenon or Older Parthenon, that was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 480 BC.
THE PANTHEON
The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt circa 125 AD. The generic term pantheon is now applied to a monument in which illustrious dead are buried. It is the best preserved of all Roman buildings, and perhaps the best preserved building of its age in the world. The Pantheon is currently the oldest standing domed structure in Rome.
The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres
The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres
THE SPANISH STEPS
The Spanish Steps are a set of steps climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by Trinità dei Monti, the church that was under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France. The Spanish Steps are "without a doubt the longest and widest staircase in all Europe."
The monumental stairway of 138 steps was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed funds of 20,000 scudi, Italian coins, in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, today still located in Palazzo Monaldeschi in the piazza.
The monumental stairway of 138 steps was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed funds of 20,000 scudi, Italian coins, in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, today still located in Palazzo Monaldeschi in the piazza.
SISTINE CHAPEL
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in the Vatican City. Its fame rests on its architecture, which evokes Solomon's Temple of the Old Testament, its decoration, frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists, including Michelangelo whose ceiling is legendary, and its purpose, as a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably the conclave, at which a new Pope is selected.
The Creation of Adam is a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo circa 1511. It illustrates the Biblical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam, the first man. Chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis on the Sistine ceiling, it was among the last to be completed. It is arguably one of the most famous and most appreciated images in the world.
The Creation of Adam is a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo circa 1511. It illustrates the Biblical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam, the first man. Chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis on the Sistine ceiling, it was among the last to be completed. It is arguably one of the most famous and most appreciated images in the world.
ST. PETER'S BASILICA
St. Peter's Basilica, is located within the Vatican City in Rome. It occupies a "unique position" as one of the holiest sites and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom." In Catholic tradition, it is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, was the first Bishop of Antioch, and later first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the papal succession.
AQUEDUCTS
Roman aqueducts were built in all parts of the Roman Empire, from Germany to Africa, and especially in the city of Rome itself, where they totaled over 260 miles. The aqueducts were important for supplying water to large cities across the empire, and they set a high standard of engineering that was not surpassed for more than a thousand years. No mortar was needed to build these structures as the stones fit together so precisely.
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