Also from the Palantine Hill, the Colosseum with te top of the Arch of Constantine - arches were a big deal - they loved to build them in their own honor and cover them with the story of their victory over whoever they wanted to loot and plunder - there was a lot of looting and plundering then . . . carried on more subtley by the Vatican where most of the marble and statues from ancient Rome now resides.
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