Hotel Caesar Augustus

...  Rick Steves guidebook, we saw the excavation site of some of the original Roman huts (~800 BC) and the house of Augustus, among other cool old things.  I loved wandering through the forum and imagining what it must have been like when it was ...

... and early history of the city. Herod the Great had received the site along with Samaria and other towns as a gift from Caesar Augustus. After rebuilding Samaria, which he named Sebaste, he turned his attention to the seacoast and proceeded to build a ...

... and on to Constantinople. Another lesser road led south to the city of Buthrotum, the modern Butrint. The Roman emperor Caesar Augustus made the city a colony for veterans of his legions following the Battle of Actium, proclaiming it a civitas libera ...

... . Jenna wasn't feeling well, so she headed back to the hotel and Suzanne and I went to the Mausoleum of Augusto, where Caesar Augustus's body is supposed to be buried.  We also went to the Piazza Popolo where many Englishmen entered the city for ...

... to the Colosseum was flanked on both sides by ancient ruins of the Romans. Here we are reminded of Julius Caesar, Augustus, and movie characters such as Ben Hur and Gladiator. Scattered about these archaeological sites are picturesque shambles of ...

... , yes, it is very hot.  We walk past some Roman shop ruins and their great sewage system.  There is a statue of Caesar Augustus with stone arched walls behind him.  Some of the brick work here is the influence of the Muslim era. The ...

... the Museu d’Historia while walking along the 4000 sq m of archeological site of the former Roman city Barcino (established by Caesar Augustus in 15 BC).  It’s really interesting, though no pictures are allowed, so we have nothing to show ...

... - sounded more like NASCAR than the KY Derby.  The best part of Palatine Hills was that we got to see the home of Caesar Augustus.  They have recently opened this exhibit and - like at Pompeii - you can still see how the walls were ...

... live Roman drinking fountain- probably the most refreshing water we’ve tasted in a long time! (And how cool is it that Caesar Augustus probably drank the same, exact water I did?!) We then traveled on to the Vatican museum, but the entrance had just ...

... /people watching view point and both are great choices. Before this free time Leonardo did a nice job of showing us the Caesar Augustus Garden a 10-15 downhill walk from the center of Capri and nearby the only place to get free drinkable water. There was ...

... excellent and the views of the Gulf of Salerno were spectacular. After lunch, we took a short walk to the very romantic Caesar Augustus Gardens. The gardens are terraced and overlook the bay of Marina Piccola. Even though it is just the start of ...

... . He and his wife are honeymooning on our cruise as well. After Anacapri, it was on to the town of Capri where we toured the Caesar Augustus gardens and had lunch at a place recommended by our tour guide. It was soo good- we both had grilled calimari and ...

... and to the Shepherds' Field. The Apostle Luke tells the story (Luke 2:1-7) of the census ordered by Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed, or enrolled, in his own city.  Because Joseph was of the lineage ...

... nbsp; Our first stop was Caesarea, a seaport on the Mediterranean built by King Herod the Great in 20 B.C. and named after Caesar Augustus.  It was one of the most spendid cities of the ancient world and was the capital of the Roman province of ...

... that tree. In a story that apparently has some substantiation, his father was a Roman envoy visiting a local king on behalf of Caesar Augustus.  During the course of negotiations, he took up with a local woman, who had a child....   It ...

... and tombs that were just as ancient and powerful to Alexander the Great, the Greek Philosophers, and Roman Emperors such as Caesar, Augustus, and Hadrian, as these leaders seem powerful yet removed from us. Paintings on some workers' tombs circa 1500 to ...

... into a standing room only bunch of stinky people. I thought we were going to be crushed. Also, North strip is a dump mostly. Not much to see after the Wynn hotel. Look forward to going back to Caesar's in a few years. Great central strip ...

... , as well as the splendid view.  They're also still excavating here, and have recently uncovered a portion of Augustus's garden, with a stone mural intact. Livia's portion of the house was closed for excavations, and the archaeologists were just ...

... so much attitude, and so much history.  We started the day at the National Museum, looking at sculptures of Julias Caesar and Augustus Caesar, the men who ended the republic and began the Empire.  Looking into their Marble eyes is ...

... of the imperial fora were on our left. The first forum was Trajan’s. Then we saw those of Caesar (on right where M had toe problems), of Augustus (with some nice two-tone red brick-white facing columns and the 4 white columns of the Temple of Mars ...