Touring Rome... for class

Every Tuesday morning from 9:30 until Noon we have to meet onsite for class. We meet at a different place every week and discuss different works of art, buildings, and monuments that reflect the lifestyle of Ancient Rome. Our first class we got an intro of the class in the classroom and we took a short walk to Tiber Island. I got to see an original from Ancient Rome, it's about 2000 years old! Here's some of the pictures I took.

The second class we met at Capitoline Hill and spent the morning in two Museums there. We got to see a lot of reconstructed statues and works of art. We also saw an original bronze statue of Marcus Arelius. Here are some of the pictures from the second week:

The third class we met at 'Cat Sanctuary' a local Piazza where excavations are being done and hundreds of cats hang out. From there we walked around Rome and we focused on two main Theatres. They are not existing today but complexes were built out of their structures to save on material cost. A few pictures in the album show this:

The fourth week we meet at Ara Pacis, which is an alter dedicated to Augustus. It was moved from its previous location and now is a museum as well. We then walked through the city and ended up at the Pantheon. Our teacher showed us the oldest Gellateria in the city and we had to go back after class to try some. John tried to bribe her to stop during class but I guess she didn't want any gellato at the time.. Here's some pictures of the fourth week.

We didn't have class today, the fifth week, because we took a class trip to Pompei to visit the Ruins there and see Mount Vesuvius, so we were given a class off because of this. Check out the "Pompei, Sorrento, Capri" Post for more info on this. Andiamo!