{"id":488,"date":"2015-04-28T10:38:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:30:55","slug":"rome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"488\" class=\"elementor elementor-488 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ftvutbq elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ftvutbq\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-g5hrhtw\" data-id=\"g5hrhtw\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2t6j584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2t6j584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rome, tradition holds, was founded in 753 BC by Romulus on the Palatine Hill, growing from a small city-state into the capital of an empire that at its height stretched from Britain to the Persian Gulf. The city&#8217;s surviving monuments trace this long history, from the Republic through the Empire, the Christianization of the Roman world, and beyond. This section covers several of Rome&#8217;s landmark sites and museums, including the Colosseum, the great amphitheater built for gladiatorial games; the Ara Pacis, Augustus&#8217; altar of peace; Rome&#8217;s ancient fora, the civic and religious heart of the city; the Vatican Museums, home to one of the world&#8217;s great collections of classical sculpture; and the Villa Farnesina and Villa Giulia, showcasing Renaissance and Etruscan art and architecture respectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eoa74l elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eoa74l\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome, tradition holds, was founded in 753 BC by Romulus on the Palatine Hill, growing from a small city-state into the capital of an empire that at its height stretched from Britain to the Persian Gulf. The city&#8217;s surviving monuments trace this long history, from the Republic through the Empire, the Christianization of the Roman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":486,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions\/1304"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}