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| Forum of Augustus- with temple of mars |
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| Forum of Nerva |
Yesterday we had a half day and had taken a visit to the Forum of Augustus, Forum of Nerva, and the Forum of Vespasian. I had to give my presentation on the Forum of Vespasian (I briefly mentioned it in my blog 3 post). While I'd love (not really) to talk about it and probably could talk about it forever, I am going to post a page on it late tomorrow. The forum of Augustus however, was a temple built by Augustus. It is one of the Imperial forums here in Rome. We also got the privilege of seeing the forum of Nerva. The forum of Nerva is, I believe, the smallest Forum to be built. It was started by Domitian (I mentioned him briefly in Blog 3) but was finished by Nerva, henceforth the name "Forum of Nerva". It was completed and opened in 97 AD. I didn't get any pictures of the Forum of Nerva, nor did I get pictures for the Forum of Augustus. But I uploaded pictures (right) of each to show you what they might have looked like back in their prime time.
Today was a really interesting day. We went to a place called Ostia Antica. It's about a half an hour train ride from Rome. I found that this place was really cool and well preserved. It is a large archeological site close to the town of Ostia. The town itself used to be a seaport that brought in goods. What we saw while we were there was a lot different from what it had looked like in the past, obviously, but it was nice to be able to go through and see apartments, firefighter's headquarters, public restrooms, and also the usual houses of the common, lower/middle class people. There was also a really cool theater there (shown below). What I loved most about this was that it gave me a wider peek at how romans really lived. I hadn't really resurrected the the Imperial Forums in my mind like I had with the buildings at Ostia Antica. Overall it was a nice trip out of Rome for a little while. I love that we learn new things everyday while also getting to explore and have a little fun. If we aren't learning about ancient roman history, we are learning new things about the culture of the Italians in Rome. The knowledge is never ending.
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| Theater at Ostia Antica |
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| Picture taken at Ostia Antica |
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ReplyDeleteGood Post JT! The trip to Ostia was fun I would have to say as well. There was not many people there and it was still a city that was intact and we could get a fell for what it would have been like in ancient times. I do have one question for you; why do you think that there were so many forums in Rome? Also, what has been your most favorite place to go so far here?
ReplyDeleteHey JT! I totally agree with you about Ostia; it was really nice to get a personal view of everything where we were always behind a fence in Rome!
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