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Keep an eye on this site, you'll find a number of normally closed sites that they can get you into. The auditorium used to be on the list but seems to be gone now. The tours are usually only once or twice a month, and I'd advise you to make reservations. The guides are good (archaeology students mostly) but generally don't speak English. The location of the underground room that was claimed to be the Lupercal hasn't been released afaik. You'll see the name on many maps but it's all conjecture. The only thing agreed upon (if it exists at all) is that it's somewhere in the SW part of the hill, near S. Teodoro as you said.

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Tough one, it could be part of the (probably Severan) substructures running along this side of the hill, but it seems to be slightly off axis and more in line with the Domitian structures. I'll look into it some more. I've never been able to get into the House of the Griffin's or Livia's house either. The Golden House I have been fortunate enough to visit a few times, as well as the ground level of Domitian's stadium on the Palatine (a real treat).

Wow, that's great. Thanks for posting.

Well, that's after discarding a lot of other options because of the building I'm unfamiliar with and the river. I think I'll have to guess either Hierapolis or Miletus. Since you said it was very close I'm going with Hierapolis. edit: missed your last post. Switching to Miletus

Great pictures, thanks. It looks like the 'Temple of Romulus' open as well? Iirc you could only peer into it from inside the church.

Ionian building, a river, landscape looks Turkish....Aphrodisias?

It's a fragile part of the hill, I wouldn't be surprised if it was closed. Not many tourists would go there anyway. Your best bet is to contact the Soprintendenza: http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en Enjoy your trip, and if you do get in, post some pictures

I'm back from a highly enjoyable trip to northern England. The weather was fairly atrocious which dampened the walking bits unfortunately, still got two solid days of walking in though (Chesters to near Roman Army Museum, roughly). Chesters, Housesteads and Vindolanda are great sites, the museum at Vindolanda is outstanding. Not too impressed by the Great North museum, but that might be due to the seemingly endless amount of screaming children. Corbridge, Arbeia and Segedunum were complete washouts but interesting enough. Interesting experience when spending some time with the wall, when you first encounter it it looks really impressive in its bulk and apparent indifference to the terrain. After a while, though, I thought it looked increasingly vulnerable and insignificant, a thin ribbon crossing a vast landscape. Still impressive in its length and construction, but not at all daunting or forbidding. Non-Roman bonuses: the crypt under Hexham Abbey, Bede's church in Jarrow, the splendour of Durham cathedral, a melancholy day at Lindisfarne and seeing the Red Arrows do their magic over Whitby Abbey. Only to learn that one of them died yesterday.

Sure, here are some more. That'll be

Just a test to see if you're really serious. You might want to reconsider.

I would like to see those arguments.

Also, merchants would generally only travel parts of the overland route. Hence, only products and hearsay would travel from China to Rome and back. The famous "ambassadors" of Antoninus Pius seem to have been the exceptions to the rule. If they traveled overland, that is.

Dozens of pictures of the pantheon in my collection, and only one that shows the area above the doorway. Well, better than nothing, I guess.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/roads/Flaminia/home.html

That's hilarious, especially the tattoos.

South America doesn't have a draw. The rest did, but they're not very interesting.

A: Croatia; Serbia; Belgium; Scotland; Macedonia; Wales Croatia should win this one, but I wouldn't put my money on it. And all of the others have a decent shot at second place really. Interesting group. B: Italy; Denmark; Czech; Bulgaria; Armenia; Malta Italy wins, Czechs or Danish get second place. C: Germany; Sweden; Irelan; Austria; Faroe Is.; Kazekstan Germany first, Sweden second. sorry Viggen D: Holland; Turkey; Hungary; Romania: Estonia; Andora Holland wins, Turkey should get second but Hungary or Romania could sneak in there. E: Norway: Slovenia: Switzerland; Albania; Cyprus; Iceland Odd group. Two out of Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland advance. F: Portugal; Russia; Israel; N. Ireland; Arzebajan; Luxembourg Portugal wins, Russia gets second if they don't utterly mess up again. G: Greece; Slovakia; Bosnia/Herz; Lithuania; Latvia; Liechtenstein Slovakia first, Greece second. H: England; Montenegro; Ukraine; Poland; Moldovia; San Marino England wins, Montenegro or Ukraine for second place. I: Spain; France; Belarus; Georgia; Finland. Spain first, France second. Shouldn't really be the group of death it's made out to be.

Roman helmet, like the one we use here.

Sure, because some Renaissance-era painting with no verifiable scientific accuracy whatsoever mentions some obscure place, it must have a name. Nice logic you got going there I'm going to take a guess and say it's called 'ancient Italy'. A unique name for a unique map.

Yes, well done. 'Mysterious' was indeed a clue, as was It's not the prettiest stretch of Greek coast unfortunately. You're up!

Of course the maps don't show all settlements, they're not meant to be as they are maps of Roman colonies. There are plenty of places missing. Forum Alieni obviously isn't on the map as nobody would know where to put it the first place.

It's the actual gallery, the walls have maps painted on them. I'm not sure they have individual names, but iirc there's only one map of Roman Italy.

It has been linked to Ferrara and other places in the delta, but I don't think any kind of proof has ever materialised. The delta being what it is, that's not entirely surprising I guess.

Other than that the answer is actually in the picture?