Ancient sites in Italy

Temples, civil basilicas and the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Forum, some of its monuments kept standing by becoming churches. On the Palatine hill: remains of Iron Age settlements, the house Augustus chose for himself, the palaces of the emperors, the Farnese Gardens and a museum of finds from its excavations.

Beneath the arena floor, the underground levels where men and animals were hoisted up through trapdoors, fourteen corridors now open to view; above, the cavea, its seats ranked by social class up to the Belvedere terrace, and views of the city through the outer arches.