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Outside the Coliseum. You can see many holes in the side where the marble had been removed to build Saint Peter's. What remains is travertine and brick.

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Inside the colliseum. You can see the staging area for the entertainment.

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Sandy and Pat

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Constantine Arch 

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The Arch of Titus commemorating the capture and sack of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.

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Closeup of the Titus arch

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The forum 

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The Pantheon

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We waked by this wood working shop.

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Tooth brushing timer for kids 

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Pat and Pinocchio 

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composite of Trevi fountain in Rome

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Part of the wall that surounded Rome when the empire was waining.

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Cirucs Maximus where they had chariot races public execution of Christians. (The coloseum was not built until after Nero. 

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Palatine Hill

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On the way to Pompeii we could see a rebuilt Monte Casino. 

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Mount Vesuvius

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Entrance to Pompeii 

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Part of the forum (gathering place). Pompeii was far from the marble quarries, so most of the structures were made of brick and then coated to look like marble.

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Plaster was poured into the ash and the hollow spaces left by bodies was filled, producing the forms of individuals who died there. This was a dog.