Ancient Roman

Built in 122-26 CE, Hadrian's Wall marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire. Today it is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain, stretching 73 miles across northern England.

Baalbeck, also known as Heliopolis, is an ancient Roman city in northeastern Lebanon. It is famed for the magnificent Temple of Jupiter, the largest Roman ruin in the world.

The focus of the ancient Saturnalia festival, the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum was erected in 497 BCE and rebuilt in 380 CE.

Housing the oldest public art collection in the world, the Capitoline Museums are especially famed for their Roman sculptures.

Across the river on the north side of Autun is a ruin of a Roman temple, standing an impressive 79 ft high. Traditionally identified with the god Janus, it dates from the 1st century.

These ruins of an ancient Roman complex include a theater (the oldest in France), an odeum and a temple dedicated to Cybele.

Occupying an entire city block in the center of Rome, the "Sacred Area" contains the ruins of four temples from the Republican era, the site of Julius Caesar's assassination and happy cats snoozing in the grass.

Located at the base of the Capitoline Hill above the Forum, this ancient prison is said to be where St. Peter and Paul were held before their execution in Rome.

These well-preserved dwellings provide an important window into the lifestyles of the Ephesian elite in Roman and Byzantine times.