Page 27 - A History of the World in 25 Cities

There were no private cubicles in public toilets, and people used a communal sponge on a stick instead of toilet paper.
Julius Caesar was worshipped as a god after his death.
This area of the city was the centre of Roman politics, religion and law.
Rome couldn’t have grown so big without the clean water brought by its aqueducts. They were marvels of engineering, sloping very gently to provide a constant flow of fresh water.
Rome’s roughest neighbourhood.
Roman baths were more like modern leisure centres but on a much bigger scale. People would meet here for business and to socialise.
The ‘sacred flame’ of the city of Rome burned here, guarded by priestesses who made sure that it never went out.
This was a monument to a Roman victory.
The emperor’s home.
A 30-metre high statue of the Roman sun god, Sol.
The grandest houses in Rome were built here before most of the neighbourhood was covered by the imperial palace. We get the word ‘palace’ from ‘Palatine’.
This chariot racing track could hold 250,000 spectators. The emperor could watch
a race from the palace, or from his imperial box, which was connected to the palace by a private walkway.
Gladiatorial fights, animal hunts and executions all took place here.
The Emperor Nero’s vast palace.
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