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Map of Rome & What/Who Was on Each of the 7 Hills

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Nushera Khan

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Bibloigraphy

  • http://www.musesrealm.net/rome/sevenhills.html
  • http://monsaventinus.wikia.com/wiki/Collis_Viminalis_-_The_Viminal_Hill_(Mons_Aventinus)
  • http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Viminalis.html
  • http://www.viator.com/Rome-attractions/Aventine-Hill/d511-a9918
  • http://romereborn.frischerconsulting.com/ge/GF-004.html
  • http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/capitolinehill.htm
  • http://www.planetware.com/rome/palatine-hill-i-la-rph.htm
  • http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/cityofrome/ss/7hillsofRome.htm
  • https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Quirinal_Hill.html

Map of Rome & What/Who Was on Each of the 7 Hills

Viminalis Hill

Palace of Viminale

  • Last to be included inside the walls of Rome
  • smallest of the hills
  • Palace of Viminale that hosts the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior
  • Servius Tullius was responsible for adding Viminalis to Rome

Quirinal Hill

Flavian Palace

  • at the northeast of the city center
  • official residence of the Italian Head of the State
  • Under the reign of Servius Tullius
  • Lucius Papirius Cursor transformed the tombs into a temple after the war
  • tomb and village excavations
  • Horse Tamers also known as Castor and Pollux (Roman sculptures)

Horse Tamers

Palatine Hill (cont..)

Temple of Magna Mater

The Baths of Diocletian

Temple of Mars Ultor

Servius Tullius

Secular Games

Palatine Hill

  • centermost of the hills
  • most ancient of the hills
  • Romolus reigned this hill.
  • Rome's rich and powerful chose to live here
  • The Temple of Magna Mater
  • Emperor Augustus lived here his whole life
  • After Rome's decline, families created gardens on this hill

Palatine Hill

Esquiline Hill

  • The largest of the seven hills
  • It appeared to look like a plateau with three peaks: the Oppius, the Fagutalis and the Cispius
  • Emperor Nero built his famous Domus Aurea, Golden Horse
  • eastern end was a place of burial of slaves and carcasses of animals
  • This hill had a walled city on it

Esquiline Hill

Capitoline Hill (cont..)

Domus Aurea

Capitoline Hill

Temple of Jupiter

Piazza del Campidoglio- designed by Michelangelo

Thank you!

Capitoline Hill

  • Smallest but most important hill
  • Symbolized the heart of Rome
  • Contained 2 summits: the Arx (north) and Capitolium (south) for refugees to find shelter
  • Has been the religious and political center of Rome
  • Temple of Jupiter

Aventine Hill (cont...)

Aventine Hill

Temple of Diana

St. Peter's Basilica

Map of Rome

Caelian Hill

  • most southeasten of all the hills
  • Population of Abla Longa moved to this hill
  • King Tullus Hostilius was the leader
  • Most Roman elites lived here during the Roman Republic
  • The Great Temple of Divine looked over the valley of the Colosseum

Temple of Divine

King Tullus Hostilius

Aventine Hill

  • It's located on the eastern bank of the Tiber River
  • Is important for it's myths
  • Remus and Romulus were brothers who chose different hills for a city.
  • Remus chose Aventine
  • In early Rome, it was known for the home of the plebeians
  • Was the site of Temple Diana
  • Now it's a quiet and wealthy area