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This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.