Early christian church of Santa Maria Antiqua (4th century AD) and West Aula, called Temple of Augustus, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

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Early christian church of Santa Maria Antiqua (4th century) and the West Aula (the so called Temple of Augustus), Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. The Imperial ramp of Domitian was the entrance to the Imperial Palace on the Palatine Hill from the Roman Forum. The complex was built under the reign of Domitian (1st century AD) and it included the Ramp, the Atrium (transformed in the church of Santa Maria Antiqua in the 4th century), the West Aula (the so called Temple of Augustus) and the Northeast Aula (Oratory of the Forty Martyrs)

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, Europe
Photo credit: © Vito Arcomano / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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