Forum of Trajan
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| - | '''[[Ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] [[culture]]''' evolved throughout the almost 1200-year history of that [[civilization]]. The term refers to the culture of the [[Roman Republic]], later the [[Roman Empire]], which, at peak, covered an area from [[Cumbria]] and [[Morocco]] to the [[Euphrates]]. | + | |
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| - | Life in [[ancient Rome]] revolved around the [[city]] of [[Rome]], its famed [[Seven hills of Rome|seven hills]], and its [[monument]]al [[structure]]s such as the Flavian Amphitheatre (now called the [[Colosseum]]), the [[Forum of Trajan]] and the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]]. The city also had several [[Roman theatre (structure)|theater]]s, [[gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]]s, and many [[tavern]]s, [[Thermae|bath]]s and [[brothel]]s. Throughout the territory under ancient Rome's control, [[residential]] [[architecture]] ranged from very modest [[house]]s to [[Roman villa|country villas]], and in the [[capital city]] of Rome, there were [[Roman Empire|imperial]] [[House|residences]] on the elegant [[Palatine Hill]], from which the word "''palace''" is derived. The vast majority of the population lived in the city center, packed into ''insulae'' (apartment blocks). | + | |
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