This is a list of ancient monuments from
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Amphitheaters
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Amphitheater of Caligula
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Amphitheatrum Castrense
The Amphitheatrum Castrense is a Roman amphitheatre in Rome, next to the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.Coulston, J C (01/01/2000). ''Ancient Rome : the archaeology of the eternal city''. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost): Oxford Univers ...
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Amphitheater of Nero
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Amphitheater of Statilius Taurus
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Colosseum
The Colosseum ( ; it, Colosseo ) is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world ...
Baths
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Baths of Agrippa
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Baths of Caracalla
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Baths of Commodus
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Baths of Constantine
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Baths of Decius
The Baths of Decius (Latin: ''thermae Decianae'') were a thermae (baths) complex built on the Aventine Hill by the emperor Decius in 249 or 252. Its site was between the present-day sites of the churches of Santo Alessio and Santa Prisca, on the V ...
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Baths of Diocletian
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Baths of Licinius Sura The Baths of Licinius Sura or ''Thermae Suranae'' were a private ancient Roman bath complex built by Lucius Licinius Sura on the Aventine Hill (Regio XIII Aventinus) in Rome.
They were restored during the short reign of Gordian III. The baths wer ...
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Baths of Nero and Alexander
The Baths of Nero (''Thermae Neronis'') or Baths of Alexander (''Thermae Alexandrinae'') were a complex of ancient Roman baths on the Campus Martius in Rome, built by Nero in either 62 or 64 and rebuilt by Alexander Severus in 227 or 229. It stoo ...
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Baths of Septimius Severus
The Domus Severiana is the modern name given to the final extension to the imperial palaces on the Palatine Hill in Rome, built to the south-east of the Stadium Palatinum in the Domus Augustana of Septimius Severus. It included the Baths of Septimi ...
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Baths of Titus
The Baths of Titus or ''Thermae Titi'' were public baths (''Thermae'') built in 81 AD at Rome, by Roman emperor Titus.
The baths sat at the base of the Esquiline Hill, an area of parkland and luxury estates which had been taken over by Nero (AD 5 ...
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Baths of Trajan (later misnamed the
Baths of Domitian)
Circuses
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Circus Flaminius
The Circus Flaminius was a large, circular area in ancient Rome, located in the southern end of the Campus Martius near the Tiber River. It contained a small race-track used for obscure games, and various other buildings and monuments. It was "bui ...
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Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus ( Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: ''Circo Massimo'') is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and ...
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Circus of Maxentius
The Circus of Maxentius (known until the 19th century as the Circus of Caracalla) is an ancient structure in Rome, Italy, part of a complex of buildings erected by emperor Maxentius on the Via Appia between AD 306 and 312. It is situated between ...
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Circus of Nero
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Circus Varianus
Gardens
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Gardens of Lucullus
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Gardens of Maecenas
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Gardens of Sallust
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Horti Aciliorum
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Horti Agrippinae
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Horti Caesaris
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Horti Domitiae
The Horti Domitiae were a set of private gardens in ancient Rome, belonging to Domitia Longina, wife of the emperor Domitian. They were sited on the right bank of the river Tiber. A few years later the Mausoleum of Hadrian was built in the same a ...
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Horti Lamiani
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Horti Liciniani
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Horti Lolliani
The Horti Lolliani was a set of private gardens on the Esquiline Hill in ancient Rome, belonging to and named after Lollia Paulina, briefly the wife of Caligula.
After her divorce, Paulina was considered as a potential suitor to the new emperor Cl ...
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Horti Pompeiani
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Horti Tauriani
Porticoes
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Porticus Aemilia
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Porticus Deorum Consentium
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Porticus of Livia
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Porticus Octavia
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Porticus Octaviae
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Porticus Vipsania
Theatres
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Theatre of Balbus
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Theatre of Marcellus
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Theatre of Pompey
Other
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Ludus Magnus
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Naumachia Vaticana
The Naumachia Vaticana or Trajan's Naumachia ( la, Naumachia Traiani), also referred to inaccurately as the Circus of Hadrian, was an ancient structure in Rome, Italy, dedicated by Roman emperor Trajan in AD 109. A naumachia, it functioned as a l ...
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Odeum of Domitian
The Odeon of Domitian was an ancient Roman building on the Campus Martius in Rome, used for plays and musical competitions and with room for an audience of 11,000. Begun by Domitian in imitation of Greek odeons (neighbouring his stadium to its s ...
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Saepta Julia
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Septizodium
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Stadium of Domitian
The Stadium of Domitian ( it, Stadio di Domiziano), also known as the ''Circus Agonalis'', was located to the north of the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The Stadium was commissioned around AD 80 by the Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus as a gift t ...
Economy
Fora
Forum Romanum
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Roman Forum
Imperial fora
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Forum of Augustus
The Forum of Augustus ( la, Forum Augustum; it, Foro di Augusto) is one of the Imperial fora of Rome, Italy, built by Augustus (). It includes the Temple of Mars Ultor. The incomplete forum and its temple were inaugurated in 2 BC, 40 years aft ...
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Forum of Caesar
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Forum of Nerva
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Forum of Peace
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Trajan's Forum
Trajan's Forum ( la, Forum Traiani; it, Foro di Traiano) was the last of the Imperial fora to be constructed in ancient Rome. The architect Apollodorus of Damascus oversaw its construction.
History
This forum was built on the order of the empe ...
Markets
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Forum Boarium
The Forum Boarium (, it, Foro Boario) was the cattle ''forum venalium'' of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills. As the site of the original docks of Ro ...
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Forum Holitorium
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Forum Piscarium
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Forum Pistorium
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Forum Suarium The Forum Suarium was the pork ''forum venalium'' of ancient Rome during the empire, mentioned first in two inscriptions dating c. AD 200.= e This market was near the barracks of the ''cohortes urbanae'' in the northern part of the Campus Martius, ...
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Forum venalium
A ( ) was a food market in Ancient Rome during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. These mercantile fora were extensions of the Roman Forum and contained numerous buildings and monuments erected under the Republic and the Empire.
In his ''Polit ...
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Forum Vinarium
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Trajan's Market
Shops
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Macellum Liviae
Infrastructure
Aqueducts
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Aqua Alexandrina
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Aqua Alsietina
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Aqua Anio Novus
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Aqua Anio Vetus
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Aqua Appia
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Aqua Augusta
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Aqua Claudia
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Aqua Julia
The Aqua Julia (or Iulia) is a Roman aqueduct built in 33 BC by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Agrippa under Augustus to supply the city of Rome. It was repaired and expanded by Augustus from 11–4 BC.
Route
The source of the Aqua Iulia is ...
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Aqua Marcia
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Aqua Tepula
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Aqua Traiana
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Aqua Virgo
Bridges
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Pons Aelius
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Pons Aemilius
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Pons Agrippae
The Pons Agrippae (Bridge of Agrippa) was an ancient bridge across the River Tiber in Rome. It was located 160 metres above the Ponte Sisto, and is known from an inscribed cippus set up by the ''curatores riparum'' during the Principate of ...
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Pons Aurelius
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Pons Cestius
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Pons Fabricius
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Pons Lamentanus
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Pons Milvius
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Pons Neronianus
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Pons Probi
The Pons Probi (Bridge of Probus) was a bridge over the River Tiber in Ancient Rome, just south of Porta Trigemina.
The Pons Probi connected the Aventine Hill to the Trastevere. The Roman bridge was probably built during the reign of the Emper ...
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Pons Sublicius
Cemeteries
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Catacomb of Calepodius
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Catacomb of Callixtus
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Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter
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Catacombs of Rome
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Catacombs of San Valentino
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Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
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Esquiline Necropolis
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Vatican Necropolis
Fountains
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Meta Sudans
Military
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Castra of ancient Rome
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Castra Nova equitum singularium
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Castra Peregrina
The Castra Peregrina ("camp of the strangers") was a castrum (a military barracks) in Rome situated on the Caelian Hill. It was occupied by various military units during the later part of the Roman Empire.
Location and archaeology
The barrac ...
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Castra Praetoria
Roads
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Alta Semita The Alta Semita ("High Path") was a street in ancient Rome that gave its name to one of the 14 regions of Augustan Rome.
The Alta Semita brought traffic into Rome from the salt route ''(Via Salaria)'' that had existed since prehistoric times. The g ...
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Argiletum
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Clivus Argentarius The lautumiae were tuff, tufa quarries that became a topography of ancient Rome, topographical marker in ancient Rome. They were located on the northeast slope of the Capitoline Hill, forming one side of the Graecostasis, where foreign embassies gat ...
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Clivus Capitolinus
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Clivus Palatinus The Clivus Palatinus is a modern term for a road in ancient Rome between the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. It formed a processional route issues off the Via Sacra near the Arch of Titus and runs up onto the Palatine, where it disappears, thou ...
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Clivus Scauri
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Clivus Suburanus
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Via Appia
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Via Ardeatina
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Via Asinaria
''Via Asinaria'' was an ancient Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through ...
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Via Aurelia
The ''Via Aurelia'' (Latin for "Aurelian Way") is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC. The project was undertaken by Gaius Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor.Hornblower, Simon, & Antony Spawforth. ''The Oxford Cla ...
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Via Cornelia
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Via Flaminia
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Via Labicana
The Via Labicana was an ancient road of Italy, leading east-southeast from Rome. It seems possible that the road at first led to Tusculum, that it was then extended to Labici, and later still became a road for through traffic; it may even have ...
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Via Lata
The Via del Corso is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is straight in an area otherwise characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Considered a wide street in ancient times, the Corso is approximately 10 metre ...
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Via Latina
The Via Latina (Latin for "Latin Road") was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about 200 kilometers.
Route
It led from the Porta Latina in the Aurelian walls of Rome to the pass of Mount Algidus; it was important in the ear ...
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Via Laurentina
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Via Ostiensis
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Via Portuensis
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Via Praenestina
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Via Sacra
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Via Salaria
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Via Tiburtina
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Vicus Jugarius
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Vicus Longus
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Vicus Patricius
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Vicus Tuscus
Sewers
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Cloaca Circi Maximi
* Cloaca Maxima
Walls / Gates
* Murus Romuli, Wall of Romulus
* Servian Wall
** Porta Caelimontana
** Porta Capena
** Porta Carmentalis
** Porta Collina
** Porta Esquilina
** Porta Flumentana
** Porta Fontinalis
** Porta Lavernalis
** Porta Naevia
** Porta Querquetulana
** Porta Quirinalis
** Porta Raudusculana
** Porta Salutaris
** Porta Sanqualis
** Porta Trigemina
** Porta Viminale
* Aurelian Walls
** Porta San Sebastiano, Porta Appia
** Porta Ardeatina
** Porta Asinaria
** Porta San Pancrazio, Porta Aurelia Pancraziana
** Porta Aurelia-Sancti Petri
** Porta Clausa
** Porta Flaminia
** Porta Latina
** Porta Maggiore, Porta Praenestina
** Porta Metronia
** Porta Nomentana
** Porta San Paolo, Porta Ostiensis
** Porta Pinciana
** Porta Portese
** Porta Praetoriana
** Porta Principalis Dextera
** Porta Salaria
** Porta Septimiana
** Porta Tiburtina
Monuments
Triumphal arches
* Arcus Argentariorum
* Arcus Novus
* Arch of Arcadius, Honorius and Theodosius
* Arch of Augustus, Rome, Arch of Augustus
* Arch of Claudius (British victory)
* Arches of Claudius
* Arch of Constantine
* Arch of Dolabella
* Arch of Domitian
* Forum of Augustus, Arches of Drusus and Germanicus
* Arch of Fabius
* Arch of Gallienus
* Arch of Germanicus (Rome), Arch of Germanicus
* Arch of Gratian, Valentinian and Theodosius
* Arch of Portugal, Arch of Hadrian (now referred to as the Arch of Portugal)
* Arch of Janus
* Arch of Lentulus and Crispinus
* Arch of Marcus Aurelius (Rome), Arch of Marcus Aurelius
* Arch of Nero
* Arch of Octavius
* Arch of Pietas
* Arch of Septimius Severus
* Arch of Tiberius
* Arch of Titus (Circus Maximus)
* Arch of Titus, Arch of Titus (Roman Forum)
* Arch of Drusus, Arch of Trajan (now referred to as the Arch of Drusus)
Columns
* Column of Antoninus Pius
* Column of Marcus Aurelius
* Column of Phocas
* Decennalia (column), Decennalia
* Trajan's Column
Statues
* Colossus of Constantine
* Colossus of Nero
* Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Tombs
* Casal Rotondo
* Meta Romuli
* Pyramid of Cestius
* Terebinth of Nero
* Tomb of Caecilia Metella
* Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
* Tomb of Geta
* Tomb of the Scipios
Mausoleums
* Mausoleum of Augustus
* Castel Sant'Angelo, Mausoleum of Hadrian
* Mausoleum of Helena
* Mausoleum of Honorius
* Mausoleum of Maxentius
Obelisks
* Flaminio Obelisk
* Lateran Obelisk
* Elephant and Obelisk, Obelisco della Minerva
* Obelisk of Montecitorio
Palaces
* Domus Aurea
* Domus Severiana
* Domus Tiberiana
* Domus Transitoria
* House of Augustus
* Palace of Domitian
**Domus Augustana
**Flavian Palace, Domus Flavia
Religion
Altars
* Ara Pacis, Altar of Augustan Peace
* Altar of Consus
* Altar of Dis Pater and Proserpine
* Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus
* Altar of Victory
* Great Altar of Hercules
Basilicas
* Basilica Aemilia
* Basilica Argentaria
* Basilica Fulvia
* Basilica Hilariana
* Basilica Julia
* Basilica of Junius Bassus
* Basilica of Maxentius
* Basilica of Neptune
* Basilica Opimia
* Basilica Porcia
* Basilica Sempronia
* Basilica Ulpia
* Porta Maggiore Basilica
Early churches
* Basilica di San Clemente
* Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
* Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
* Basilica of St. John Lateran
** Lateran Baptistery
* Old St. Peter's Basilica
* San Sebastiano fuori le mura
* San Pietro in Vincoli
* Santa Costanza
* Santa Pudenziana
* Santa Sabina
Temples
Aventine Hill
* Temple of Bona Dea
* Temple of Ceres
* Temple of Diana (Rome), Temple of Diana Aventina
* Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine), Temple of Juno Regina
* Temple of Luna
* Temple of Minerva (Aventine), Temple of Minerva
Caelian Hill
* Temple of Claudius
Capitoline Hill
* Temple of Fides
* Temple of Fortuna Redux
* Temple of Juno Moneta
* Temple of Jupiter Custos
* Temple of Jupiter Feretrius
* Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
* Temple of Jupiter Tonans
* Temple of Ops
* Temple of Veiovis
Campus Martius
* Pantheon, Rome, Pantheon
* Temple of Apollo Sosianus
* Temple of Bellona (Rome), Temple of Bellona
* Temple of Feronia
* Temple of Fortuna Equestris
* Temple of Hadrian
* Temple of Hercules Custos
* Temple of Hercules Musarum
* Temple of Isis and Serapis
* Temple of Juno Regina (Campus Martius), Temple of Juno Regina
* Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC), Temple of Jupiter Stator
* Temple of Juturna
* Temple of the Lares
* Temple of Matidia
* Temple of the Sun (Rome), Temple of the Sun
* Temple of Mars
* Temple of Minerva Chalcidica
* Temple of Neptune (Rome), Temple of Neptunus
* Temple of Fortuna Huiusce Diei
* Temple of the Nymphs
* Temple of Vulcanus
Esquiline Hill
* Temple of Juno Lucina
* Temple of Minerva Medica (no longer extant)
* Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum), Nymphaeum called the 'Temple of Minerva Medica'
Forum Boarium
* Temple of Hercules Pompeianus
* Temple of Hercules Victor
* Temple of Fortuna
* Temple of Mater Matuta
* Temple of Portunus
* Temple of Pudicitia Patricia
Forum Holitorium
* Temple of Janus (Forum Holitorium), Temple of Janus
* Temple of Juno Sospita
* Temple of Piety
* Temple of Spes
* Temple of Victory (Himera)
Forum Romanum
*Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
*Temple of Caesar
*Temple of Castor and Pollux
*Temple of Concord
*Temple of Janus (Roman Forum), Temple of Janus
*Temple of Romulus
*Temple of Saturn
*Temple of Venus and Roma
*Temple of Vespasian and Titus
*Temple of Vesta
Imperial fora
* Temple of Mars Ultor
* Temple of Minerva (Forum of Nerva), Temple of Minerva
* Temple of Trajan
* Temple of Peace, Rome, Temple of Peace
* Temple of Venus Genetrix
Palatine Hill
* Elagabalium
* Temple of Apollo Palatinus
* Temple of Cybele (Palatine), Temple of Cybele
* Temple of Juno Sospita (Palatine), Temple of Juno Sospita
* Temple of Victory
* Temple of Fortuna Respiciens
Quirinal Hill
* Temple of the Flavia gens
* Temple of Pudicitia Plebeia
* Temple of Quirinus
* Serapeum#Quirinal Hill, Temple of Serapis
Tiber Island
* Temple of Asclepius, Rome, Temple of Asclepius
* Temple of Faunus
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