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Melinda Trips 2006: Italy

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Ruins, page 2

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View from one flight of stairs up.

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Opposite the Capitolium is the Temple of Rome and Augustus with one of the site’s many headless statues. This one is Victory.

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Corinthian columns leading into the caldarium.

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Public latrine. No toilet paper, though. The circular cutout underneath each seat was for the washable sponge on a stick.

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View toward the Forum baths.

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Meeting hall of the collegium.

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We fantasized about bringing one of these home to place in our back yard. Shortly before this picture was taken, I was stung by a family of nasty wasps. They weren’t happy I had backed into their nest to get a better photo angle.

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