Monuments of the Roman world, from the Colosseum and the column celebrating a conquest of Dacia to an aqueduct bridge in southern France, a temple at Baalbek and houses buried by Vesuvius. A monument belongs here when the cited article places it in ancient Rome or its provinces. It excludes Greek temples and the monuments of Egypt. The group follows the civilization the cited article names. The group follows the Roman world as the cited article describes it, whether the building stands in Italy or in a province, and whether it served the state, a god or a private family.
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Pantheon, Rome (Wikipedia)
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The Pantheon (UK: , US: ; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) and reconstructed under Hadrian (117-138); since AD 609, it is a Catholic church called the Basilica of St.
Colosseum (Wikipedia)
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The Colosseum ( KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum.
Trajan's Column (Wikipedia)
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Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
Pont du Gard (Wikipedia)
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The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes).
Wikipedia: Temple of Bacchus
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The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon.
House of Loreius Tiburtinus (Wikipedia)
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It is in the Roman city of Pompeii and with the rest of Pompeii was preserved by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in or after October 79 AD.
Villa of Agrippa Postumus (Wikipedia)
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Agrippa Postumus, a grandson of the Emperor Augustus, had a villa on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, which was buried in the eruption of 79 AD.
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