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Rome in the Snow, 1730

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Roma sotto la neve (1730). Source.

The Arch of Septimius Severus, 1900

Luigi Bazzani, The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome (1900). Source.

Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone as Classmates

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The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, 1808

A side-on view of The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Forum, built in 141 AD and later converted into the Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda. Painting by Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé. Source.

Allegory of the Hill of Wisdom

By Pinturicchio, 1504. Source.

Donatus and the Dragon

Saint Donatus of Arezzo slayed a dragon by spitting on it. His feast day is today. Source.

Colosseum, 1855

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Penry Williams

Penry Williams, Tiber with the temple of Hercules Victor, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, and the Ponte Rotto seen from the covent of San Barto (c. 1827). Source. Also.

The Arch of Constantine, 1819

Detail of Gaspare Gabrielli, The Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum, seen from the Palatine Hill, 1819. Source.

The Tarpeian Rock, 1780

The Tarpeian Rock as it appeared in 1780, watercolour by Francis Towne. Persons thrown off the rock include: Tarpeia, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, and Simon bar Giora.