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To know its every crook and cranny is a daunting challenge, but concentrate on the ancient city around the Colosseum or the Vatican’s formidable complex, and come to know one age at a time.
Immediately northeast of the Colosseum is the Domus Aurea, the fabulous villa with extensive gardens built by the Emperor Nero, who spent just a few years in his “Golden House” before killing himself in a.d. 68.
From its grassy knolls, enjoy the fine view back over the Colosseum or southward over the great Circus Maximus, where chariot races were held for crowds of up to 200,000.
Narrow streets southeast of the Campo de’ Fiori take you to the Jewish Ghetto near the ruins of the ancient Roman Theater of Marcellus (Teatro di Marcello), architectural model for the Colosseum.
For their churches and private palaces, popes and princes have stripped the Colosseum of its precious marble, travertine, and metal.