Empire Palace Rome

... the road thus explaining why there were no taxis. We decided to walk since Andy had studied the map and thought he could find the Empire Palace Hotel - it was about 1 km away from the station.  And we did find it without asking for directions - I ...

... played a greater influence on the development of the western world. About 2000 years ago Romans thought their city (and its empire) represented the entire civilized world.  To be Roman was to be civilized.  To be anything but ...

... quarters.  The ruins are huge; I can only dream of what they were like during the height of the Roman Empire!  In the middle of the palace area is the Palatine Museum, which was built by Mussolini as his own mansion.  He chose this site ...

... 8220;adopting” is what kept the peace, although it wasn’t always completely peaceful, it was much better than what the empire had been like previously. Leaving the grounds of Palatine Hill we make our way to the Roman Forum. The Forum was the ...

After the Egyptian Civilization; after the Greek Civilization; the Roman Empire became the dominate civilization of man. For over 300 years, Rome controlled the known world. So it was fitting that after Athens, we sailed to Italy and today we docked at ...

... the city. They have begun to excavate beneath the palace and have found the remains of the earlier emperors houses that Domitian´s palace was built on top of. The house of the Emperor Augustus was restored and reopened just three days before we arrived ...

... former city centre - with some structures remaining surprisingly in tact - to a residential district and palace gardens upon a hill that overlooks all of Rome. From above, the city is strikingly beautiful; a melting pot of towering historic buildings and ...

... Ahenobarbas) was the great grandson of Julius Caesar. The name "Caesar" was retained by all succeeding emperors in the Roman Empire, after Julius Caesar, most famous for being the dictator who seized power when Rome was still a republic. (Julius Caesar ...

... Nouovo, (the original having been abandoned in the Middle Ages) has the original stones, with ruts of chariots and carts from Roman Empire times.  As we walked the road, we came to the  Tomb of Cecilia Metella a rich noblewoman of some note but ...

... to walk down the street surrounded by huge buildings and sculptures - still standing - is pretty mind blowing.  The whole palace ruins on the Palatine hill (original site of the city) is awe-inspiring in its size.  Before the church raped ...

... to see some of the major landmarks: an aqueduct, the Circus Maximus (no longer standing; only an empty field remains), the palace of the emperors, and what is left standing of the original city walls.  We snapped some hasty pictures from the bus and ...

... nucleus of the city. The site once featured a village, castle and temples and later became the site of the principal palace for Rome's Emperors. Other than a couple of walls and some foundations, there is not much left of the buildings which once occupied ...

... back to the main ruins near the Colosseum, to see the Roman Forum, the heart of the old empire and Palatine Hill, where the Emperor's Palace once stood. Rome is a completely different place to see a towns old history. Previously I have seen ruins in the ...

... vacation. So we quickly put the incident behind us. Once in Rome, we took a taxi to our hotel. The hotel (Eurostars International Palace) is nothing short of classy. It is a very quaint but posh hotel with a very decidedly Roman decor. I had learnt ...

... of Rome LoL... we started by seeing the Forum, for those who arent my dad the Forum was the central hub for the Roman Empire, unfortuantly its all in rubble but you get the main idea and we had a Roman Empire historian for a guide who made it ...

... not stone as I had always perceived. After I had visited all the sights I did find several drawings of what Rome had looked like at the peak of its Empire. Now obviously I had just visited one of the first sporting arenas in the world, which in its self ...

... in the Tiber. 313 Constantine and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan granting freedom of religion throughout the Empire (not specifically for Christians- it only referred to Supreme Divinity). Licinius defeated Maximinus in the east while Constantine ...

... of Rome. Straight ahead was the lovely Palazzo Venzia building with its Michelangelo planned steps up.   The beautiful white marble palace was straight in front of us. It was originally the Pope’s residence in the 13th C and Mussolini’s ...

... the gardens.  It was really nice to be out of the city to see these things.  After the Farnese Palace we made our way back to Rome.     Yesterday three friends and I decided to do some sightseeing of our own.  We found the ...