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Ripa (rione of Rome)
Aventine HillThe Aventine Hill stands as the southernmost of Rome's seven hills. It possesses two distinct heights that define its physical character today.
Circus MaximusThe valley between Rome's Aventine and Palatine hills once held rich agricultural land prone to flooding from the river Tiber.
Forum BoariumThe Forum Boarium occupied a level piece of land near the Tiber River between three hills: the Capitoline, the Palatine, and the Aventine.
Cloaca MaximaAround 600 BC, King Tarquinius Priscus issued a command to transform the swampy land near the Roman Forum. He ordered Etruscan workers and common citizens to…