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| | Roman Forum (Foro Romano), Palatine Hill (Palatino), and Palatine Museum (Museo Palatino) | Museum/Attraction Review | ... |
 | | Traversed by the Via Sacra (Sacred Way), the Broadway of ancient Rome, the Forum was built in the marshy land between the Palatine and Capitoline hills, and it flourished as the center of Roman life in the days of the Republic before it gradually lost prestige to the Imperial Forums. |
 | | The Palatine, tradition tells us, is the spot on which the first settlers built their huts, under the direction of Romulus. |
 | | In time, however, the area was gobbled up by imperial palaces and drew a famous and infamous roster of tenants, such as Livia (some of the frescoes in the House of Livia are in miraculous condition), Tiberius, Caligula (murdered here by members of his Praetorian Guard), Nero, and Domitian. |
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