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Burned buildings and structures in Italy

  • Temple of Jupiter Optimus MaximusKing Lucius Tarquinius Priscus stood on the Capitoline Hill in 509 BC and vowed to build a temple while fighting the Sabines.
  • Circus MaximusThe valley between Rome's Aventine and Palatine hills once held rich agricultural land prone to flooding from the river Tiber.
  • ColosseumEmperor Vespasian ordered the construction of a new amphitheater in 72 AD. The project began on land that had once been Nero's private lake and palace…
  • Pantheon, RomeMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa began an impressive building program in the Campus Martius after the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.