Molly and Justin Paola's trip to Italy - Rome

Rome, July 15 - 18

• The Pantheon
• Another view
• Yet another view
• The interior of the Pantheon
• Area Sacra (Largo Argentina)
• The oval shape of the Piazza Navona
  • ... with the Stadium of Domitian underneath
• An Egyptian obelisk
  • ... the inscription says:

    IMP * CAESAR * DIVI * F
    AVGVSTVS
    PONTIFEX MAXIMVS
    IMP * XII * COS * XI * TRIB * POT * XIV
    AEGVPTO * IN * POTESTATEM
    POPVLI * ROMANI * REDACTA
    SOLI * DONUM * DEDIT 
    

• Trajan's Column
  • Near the top
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Near the bottom
• Molly at St. Peters
• A view of St. Peter's square and the Tiber river from the top of St. Peters basilica, Vatican City.
• Hadrian's Mausoleum
• View of Roman Forum, Palatine, and the Tiber river from dome of St. Peters

  Vatican museum

  • The Laocoon .
  • There are lots of things like this at the museum.
  • Here's a cool statue. Note the hair.
  • This is the outdoor courtyard where the last three items can be found.
  • Molly with Augustus Caesar.
  • The famous Prima Porta statue of Augustus.
  • The evil Domitian .
  • Emperor Philip the Arabian .
  • A colossal statue of Claudius as Jupiter.
  • A colossal statue of Antinous as Bacchus.
  • Here's another cool unidentified statue.
  • Some animal sculptures.
  • A crocodile.
  • A cool mosaic.

  Forum Romanum

  • Molly in the Basilica of Maxentius.
  • Temple of Antoninus and Faustina .
  • Molly with Julius the cat.
  • View northward from near the Temple of Vesta.
  • The Curia seen through the pathetic remains of the Basilica Aemilia.
  • The Curia.
  • The Arch of Septimius Severus.

Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli, July 16

• Some columns in Hadrian's villa.
• Square columns .
• Molly.
• Remains of a dome.
• The island retreat used by Hadrian.
• Molly with Antinous the cat.
• Molly with Antinous again.
• Pool.
• Large baths.
• Pantheon-like dome.

Ostia Antica, July 18

• An ancient bar
• Molly tending bar
• A wall painting at Ostia