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Ruins in Italy
- Trajan's MarketApollodorus of Damascus stood at the head of a massive construction project between 100 and 113 AD. This architect followed Emperor Trajan through his…
- PompeiiThe first stable settlements on the site date to the 8th century BC when the Oscans, a population of central Italy, founded five villages in the area.
- Roman ForumIn the 7th century BC, workers began digging a massive sewer system called the Cloaca Maxima to drain the marshy valley between the Palatine and Capitoline…
- 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…