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Of Rome’s countless inspirational churches and palazzos, it is the Colosseum — what Byron called “the gladiator’s bloody circus”—that is the symbol of the city’s eternity.
A kilometer (about half a mile) south of the Colosseum, the huge third-century Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla) were built for 1,600 people to bathe in considerable style and luxury.
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.
As an old Anglo-Saxon prophecy goes: “While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand; when falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall; and when Rome falls, with it shall fall the world. ”