On this walk you will discover ancient Rome’s most legendary sites. The existing vestiges on the Palatine hill will demonstrate to us how this well-to-do residential quarter became the Emperor’s domain.
We will follow the evolution, from the ruins of the Domus Augustana – the house of Augustus, the first emperor – to Nero’s gigantic palace, which covered practically the entire hill. This excess went hand in hand with a politics of spectacle, of which the Coliseum is the best example. At the height of the Empire, this gigantic 50,000-seat amphitheater had 175 days of events per year!
We will also discoverer the magnificent statues in the Palatine Museum as well as the Arch of Constantine, which tells the story of the battle of Milius, a little-known but essential event in Western history.