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THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS OF ANCIENT ROME

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius, who reigned from 98 to 180 AD – a period that marked the zenith of the Roman Empire in terms of territorial e

MATERIALS THAT MADE HISTORY: ROMAN CONCRETE

The greatest and most revolutionary of all Roman inventions.

THE VILLA OF THE VOLUSII AT FIANO ROMANO (ROME)

It is one of the oldest luxury suburban villas, richly decorated by its wealthy owners during the time of Augustus and later of Trajan and Hadrian.

HADRIANS VILLA. BUILDING WITH DORIC PILLARS

This simple yet elegant building is south of the Imperial Palace and near the Firemen’s Headquarter

CASTEL SANT'ANGELO (MAUSOLEUM OF HADRIAN): HADRIAN SOL INVICTUS AND THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

Which was the connection between Emperor Hadrian and Archangel Michael, who are depicted facing one another in the frescoes of the magnificent Sala Paolina?

CASTEL SANT'ANGELO - WHEN HISTORY, ART, AND ARCHAEOLOGY INTERTWINE.

Few Roman monuments have a history as complex and fascinating as that of Castel Sant'Angelo, which is intertwined with that of Rome,

HADRIAN'S VILLA - THE MAJESTIC HALL OF THE PHILOSOPHER

Its name is due to the seven niches in the apse, as many as the Seven Sages. But it was not so...

CASTEL SANT'ANGELO & HADRIAN'S MAUSOLEUM: A THOUSAND-YEAR HISTORY

Built to last forever, for millennia it has withstood floods, earthquakes, wars, and looting.

Rirella Editrice: Archaeology, Roman History, and Light in the Great Buildings of the Roman Empire

Archaeology as a living reconstruction of the functioning of a great imperial complex.

THE MAGIC OF THE ARC AND THE SQUARE OF LIGHT: OUR DISCOVERIES IN THE PANTHEON

September 4-5-6, at 12:40 am. Explained in the book «Pantheon. Architecture and Light» published by Rirella Editrice,

«Pantheon. Architecture & Light»

Our book will introduce you to one of the most extraordinary and best-preserved buildings of Roman antiquity.

WINTER SOLSTICE IN THE PANTHEON

A short excerpt from our book «Pantheon, Architecture & Light»