https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2 Made with charm en-us 2016-09-09 13:53:48 UTC 2025-11-02 18:35:11 UTC hello@padlet.com niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122738890 1. Hadrian's Wall
2. Trevi Fountain
3. Sistine Chapel
4. Roman Forum
5. Carthage
6. Coliseum 
7. Pantheon 
8. Pompeii/ Mt. Vesuvius
9. Ephesus
10. ]]> 2016-09-09 13:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122738890 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739197 Hadrian came to Britain in 122 A.D.  According to a biography written 200 years after "put many things to right and was the first to build a wall 80 miles long from sea to sea to separate the barbarians from the Romans." It took about 6 years to complete. The original plan was for it to be made out of stone or turf. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/history/]]> 2016-09-09 13:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739197 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739328 The fountain is designed to look like a monumental triumphal arch. It was built against a wall of the Palazzo Poli. It is 20 meters wide and 26 meters high. The fountain itself is Neptune, the god of the sea, in a shell-shaped chariot that is pulled by two sea-horses. It was built in 19 B.C by Agrippa. http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/trevi.htm]]> 2016-09-09 13:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739328 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739418 2016-09-09 13:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739418 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739689 In the play Curculio, it tells us lots about the Roman Forum. The play-writer Plautus gives us the notice that somebody could find just about every sort of person in the forum. There was criminals, hustlers, prostitutes, and politicians. Sitting beside the Tiber river is the site of Rome that is noted. Separated by deep cut valleys. The hilltops became the site of many settlements begging in the Early Iron Age. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/beginners-guide-rome/a/forum-romanum-the-roman-forum]]> 2016-09-09 13:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739689 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739841 Carthage was founded as a Phoenician colony. It is known for its almost struggle against the Greeks of Sicily and the Romans. In the first Punic War the Carthaginians lost Sicily to the Romans. Hannibal Barca tried to reverse the situation for the second war, but the decline already started. In the third war the Romans sacked Carthage but later they refounded the city.http://www.livius.org/articles/place/carthage/]]> 2016-09-09 13:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739841 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739956 The Coliseum was originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre.  In AD 72 it was commissioned by Emperor Vespasian. It held fights, but not any type of fights, Gladiator fights. They were usually slaves, prisoners or condemned criminals. The attendants were the poor, the rich, and frequently the Emperor. http://www.rome.info/colosseum/]]> 2016-09-09 13:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122739956 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122740452 Mount Vesuvius erupted on the 24th of August 79 AD. It had buried the ancient city under a blanket of ash. Two thousand people had died, and the city was abandoned for many years. However it was easy to overlook the mountain's bad temper.http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii]]> 2016-09-09 14:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/122740452 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/123427888 It was originally built in 27 BC by Emperor Agrippa. It was destroyed in a fire in 80 AD, but Hadrian commissioned the rebuilding. By 609 AD Byzantine Emperor Phocas,  gave the building to Pope Boniface VIII. It was then converted into the church of Santa Maria and Martyres. It was also used as a tomb for many members of the arts. ]]> 2016-09-13 13:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/123427888 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/125404597 It is located that was once the River Kaystros. It followed the coastline and retreated westward. Excavations have found many things including the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. They have also found the little remains of the famous Temple of Artemis and one of the Seven Wonders of the World. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1018]]> 2016-09-21 13:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/125404597 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/125409145 It was a Phoenician city, where many deities was worshiped. It is also known as Heliopolis during the Hellenistic period. It had retained its religious function during Roman times. With its colossal structures it is one of the finest examples of Imperial Roman architecture.]]> 2016-09-21 14:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/125409145 niesk https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/126671090 Pope Sixtus IV wanted a Chapel and ordered architect Giovanni dei Dolci to build him one. The building was finished in 1481. It has about 1508 and 1512 paintings in it. http://www.artbible.info/art/sistine-chapel.html]]> 2016-09-27 14:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/niesk/zlx0alru6eu2/wish/126671090