An Audio Guide to Ancient Rome

Trajan’s Column is a monument to Emperor Trajan’s victory in the wars with Dacia that took place between the years 101 a... Read more

This monument celebrates Marcus Aurelius’ two successful military campaigns against tribes north of the Danube in what i... Read more

Augustus started building the mausoleum following his victory over Anthony and Cleopatra in 31 BCE at the naval battle o... Read more

The Theater was named after Emperor Augustus’ nephew Marcus Claudius Marcellus however the building was originally commi... Read more

The Pyramid of Cestius was built during the reign of the emperor Augustus, probably between 18 and 12 BCE. It’s surface ... Read more

The Basilica Julia was dedicated by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE – the same year that his nearby Forum was completed.  Caesar... Read more

This area, at the side of the Capitoline Hill, was the border between two of the ancient tribes and a site for burials r... Read more

Largo Argentina is an exposed cluster of four temples to the south of the Pantheon and east of the Campo De’ Fiori. Toda... Read more

The Temple of Concord is the site of a series of shrines dedicated to the Roman goddess Concordia, and erected at the we... Read more

Legend has it that the Circus Maximus was founded by the early kings of Rome in the 6th Century BCE.  It is undoubtedly ... Read more