It has been hard to find the time to post because we've been going
since we landed and went straight to the ruins of Ostia Antica on Tuesday! On Wednesday we started at 8:30am with Republican Rome in the Forum. We saw the Palatine, the Forum Borium and the Largo Argentina as well.
Yesterday we saw the Ara Pacis of Augustus, which was beautiful. It is amazing to me how the stone can be carved into something like that. After the Ara Pacis we went to the Pantheon and I couldn't believe I was standing under the occulus. Then we went to the COLOSSEUM. There really aren't words to describe it. It was spectacular...also a little horrifying. I still can't believe I was there. We finished the day at the markets of Trajan.
Today was more serious as we discussed religious pluralism in the ancient world. We started in the Jewish ghetto and had an excellent tour guide. Hannah, Billy, Alyssa and I had lunch at an outdoor cafe afterwards and met up with the group at the Arch of Constantine. The next part of our day was Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio. Underneath the church they have excavated an ancient Roman house church. At San Clemente there was a ruin related to the Cult of Mithras.
Difficult to post on an iPhone! more soon!
Helen
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