The best preserved Roman Temples in the world
The Temple of Hercules Victor
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The Aqueduct of Valens
⚫Located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey.
⚫It's a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to supply Constantinople – the capital of the eastern Roman empire.
⚫Construction of the aqueduct began during the reign of the Roman emperor Constantius II (r. 337–361) and was completed in 373 by the emperor Valens (r. 364–378).
⚫The aqueduct was part of an elaborate system sourcing water from the north of the city and linking more than 250km of water channels, some 30 bridges and more than 100 cisterns within the city walls, making it one of the greatest hydraulic engineering achievements of ancient times.
⚫It took 28 years to build the Valens Aqueduct System and latest research on the aqueduct has suggested that - with its branches - it was 336 km long, nearly three times longer than the known length of any Roman water supply.
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In this video we take a look at the best preserved Roman Temples in the world
The Pantheon
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In this video we take a look at the best preserved Roman Temples in the world.
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Saint Peter's Square
It is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, Italy.
At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later.
The Emperor Augustus had the obelisk moved to the Julian Forum of Alexandria in Egypt, where it stood until AD 37, when Caligula ordered the forum demolished and the obelisk transferred to Rome.
It's 25.5 m (84 ft) tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 m (135 ft) to the cross on its top.
St. Peter's Basilica replace the aging Old St. Peter's Basilica, which was built in the 4th century by Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
Construction of the present basilica began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.
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An exceptionally well-preserved 1,700-year-old Roman floor mosaic, showing a rich variety of fish, animals, birds and ships, has returned to the site where it was first found in a Tel Aviv suburb, after a decade-long tour of some of the world's top museums.
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Castel Sant'Angelo
Also know as "The Mausoleum of Hadrian".
Located in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family
The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum.
The structure was once the tallest building in Rome.
It was built in AD 135–139 and converted into a fortress in the 5th century.
Following this, the remains of succeeding emperors were also placed here, the last recorded deposition being Caracalla in 217.
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Roman Legionaries Writing Hom
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This ancient Roman carving surprised archeologists!
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Why Romans stopped joining the army
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Rome's dark side
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Longest Roman Reigns
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