Rome - Monday 6th April: Ancient Rome

The Colosseum







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum
http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/colosseum.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/colosseum_01.shtml
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/colosseo.htm

Palatine










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine_Hill
http://www.rome-tour.co.uk/palatine_hill.htm
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/palatinehill.htm
http://www.panoramicearth.com/742/Rome/Palatine_Hill

Roman Forum









http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Forum
http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/rome/ancient_roman_empire/roman_forum/roman_forum.htm
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/forumromanum.htm

I was also planning to walk along the Appian Way during the afternoon and visit the catacombs, but by the time we'd stopped at the hotel to work out how to get there on public transport, it was too late. So we went for a walk up the Aventine hill instead and looked at the view of St. Peter's Basilica through the keyhole of the Priory of the Knights of Malta.

We had dinner at a restaurant along Via della Pilotta, close to our hotel. We decided to go for the Italian system of courses - pasta (wide tubes of pasta with Amatriciana sauce), followed by a meat and vegetable course (swordfish and roasted peppers).