The Forum on Friday

Today we took a trip to the Roman Forum!  It was great fun but very hot and sunny, although I managed pretty well.

Michelangelo designed this Piazza by the capital.

Here's a statue of Romulus and Remus being fed by the mother wolf.  

 St. Peter was kept in this prison before he was executed.

What a nice day.  Also, you can see how we were in the basement of these temples, because the base of the column is the floor.  As Ricardo says, "you feel like a tiny little bug."

The temple of Saturn (god of time), the temple of Concordia (representing agreement between Christians and Gentiles), the arch for the returning armies of Septimius Severus, and Capital Hill, which was remodeled by Michelangelo. This area was restored under Mussolini in the 20's.

 Ricardo's 'multimedial presentation!'

Statues in the House of the Vestals, whose job was to keep a fire going.  Christians took off the heads of these pagan statues.

Inside the Temple of Romulus, which was clearly re appropriated for Christian use

 Marble statue remain at Palatine hill, which was where the emperor and affluent Romans lived as far back as 800 BC.  Reminiscent of LOTR.

Go Dog Go (Roman pine) trees by a swimming pool

Shadie by Augustus' palace!

 A sculpture fragment unearthed in the area.

Tweedle dee and tweedle dum (Hannah and Ellen) overlooking the city

Not sunburnt!

Sleeping seagull. Planning for the next attack according to Ricardo.

Italian dog.  They are all too hot here.