Holiday in Rome
and South Lazio Monday 2nd July -
Monday 16th July 2012.
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Day 5
- Friday 6th July
We left Rome to pick
up a hire car at Fiumicino Airport, and then drove to nearby Ostia Antica
archaeological site, before continuing on to Sperlonga for a week by the sea.
We have been to
Ostia Antica before and so did not photograph everything we saw.
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Theatre
Two views of the seating with audience |
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Street water fountain
A high quality street fountain made of marble. |
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Elaborate Doorway
A high quality doorway that would have been plastered and painted. |
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Wall sign for Alexander Helix's Bar
Not sure if Alexander Helix was the bar owner or just a name for the bar, perhaps a personality. |
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Alexander Hero's bar
Floor mosaic |
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We walked past the Porta
Marina Gate into an area we did not exploore on our previous visit in 2004. The
Porta Marina Baths were quite extensive and well decorated, although there is
little to see now.
We walked back towards the
centre along the Decumanus Maximus and then turned left into some streets close
to the warehouse area.
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House of the Charioteers |
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Corridor with mosaic floor and plaster walls |
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House of the Charioteers |
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Painted wall plaster |
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House of the Charioteers |
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Painted wall plaster |
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Back on the Decumanus
Maximus we looked at the Capitol Building, the Forum and the Forum Baths.
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Capitol Building |
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This imposing building was a sacred and political centre of the town. |
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The Forum |
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In front of the Capitol Building and the other side of the road, the Forum was the centre of life in the town. |
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Latrines |
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A 26 seat latrine opposite the Forum Baths |
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Forum Baths |
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Wall showing the heating flues in the wall. |
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Forum Baths |
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Outside of the baths, some of the rooms were arranged around a semi-circle to make full use of solar gain in the winter. |
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Forum Baths |
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Caldarium with marble steps to a plunge pool. |
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We continued along the
Decumanus Maximus towards the theatre.
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Bar near Theatre |
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Quite a large bar near the theatre |
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Merchants' Forum |
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This forum was just behind the theatre and was a rectangular area surrounded by merchants' shops/offices. An area of mosaic floor indicated the merchant's trade. |
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Merchants' Forum |
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Possibly a merchant who imported wild beats for the games. |
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Necropolis Baths |
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A busy mosaic in an area of the necropolis baths. |
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