Frome top to bottom, The Agora or main 'market place' of Rome 1 and 2 Some emperor's triumphal arch, one of the later ones, after they had given up the pretense of being descendants of Augustus 3&4 I have no idea 5 The Wedding Cake, at least that's it's nick name. I think it is a monument to Garibaldi, the one who unified Italy. 6. Trajan's column I think 7. I will now go and see if I'm right.
Sorry 1 & 2 is the Forum, Agora is the same thing but Greek and it was Victor Emanuel II that the monument was too but I was right about it being because he unified Italy.
Actually looking at them closer 3 Is the Arch of Constantine ( http://www.citrag.it/archi/page/arches/e_f_ar_ro.htm) and 4 is I think the Arch of Septimus Severus which can be seen in the same article. And I'm pretty sure I'm right the last one is Trajan's Column.
I've been to Rome twice, the second time far more recently than you. I was there first in 1969 and the second time in 1987. We went on a very good coach tour of Rome, the first time, which covered everything you put up in infinite detail but it was just too hot to get out of the air conditioned coach (110 degrees F) so I have no photos of them. In 87 Beth and I went for a week in Winter and walked Imperial and early Christian Rome Guide book in hand and had a whale of a time seeing them all again the other side of the glass. What I remember most about the Forum was the number of cats all fed by Italian mad cat ladies living in flats to small to have any pets so making pets of the wild ones.
Oh, yes, I remember the cat-ladies! For the most part, they were little, stout women in black dresses, and you'd see them walking along with a bunch of cats running up to greet them.
In the third picture, the barrier there looks to me like little stick figures holding hands (with red X in between) but some of thier heads have been knocked off! XD
4th pic: any idea what the writing along the top of the arch says?
The poor stick people! Roman traffic is frightening!
I have no idea what any of the writing said- we were taking photos with no guide to explain things. linda_joyce very kindly did some research so now I know more than I did at the time.
#5 I remember taking this photo- I remember thinking that the horse was so much nobler than his rider I wanted him to be awesome, instead of taking a side-on full figure shot, where the impact would be muted.
There were a lot of people there, then, too. IIRC a lot of those shots were taken from moving vehicles, or at telephoto raised about 6 ft from the ground, or at really weird angles, to try to minimize the crowds.
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The Agora or main 'market place' of Rome 1 and 2
Some emperor's triumphal arch, one of the later ones, after they had given up the pretense of being descendants of Augustus 3&4
I have no idea 5
The Wedding Cake, at least that's it's nick name. I think it is a monument to Garibaldi, the one who unified Italy. 6.
Trajan's column I think 7.
I will now go and see if I'm right.
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In the third picture, the barrier there looks to me like little stick figures holding hands (with red X in between) but some of thier heads have been knocked off! XD
4th pic: any idea what the writing along the top of the arch says?
5th: I LOVE THIS SHOT! Very dramatic!
All great, thanks for sharing.
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I have no idea what any of the writing said- we were taking photos with no guide to explain things.
#5 I remember taking this photo- I remember thinking that the horse was so much nobler than his rider I wanted him to be awesome, instead of taking a side-on full figure shot, where the impact would be muted.
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