Porta Querquetulana
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The Porta Querquetulana or Querquetularia was a gateway in the Servian Wall, named after the sacred grove of the Querquetulanae adjacent to and just within it. The grove appears not to have still exis
The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Gardens of Maecenas
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The Gardens of Maecenas, or Horti Maecenatis, constituted the luxurious ancient Roman estate of Gaius Maecenas, an Augustan-era imperial advisor and patron of the arts. The property was among the firs
Interior of auditorium
Detail of apse
Charioteer of the Esquiline, Roman copy of Greek 5th c. BC (Capitoline)
Rhyton by Pontios (Capitoline Museums)