Temple of Apollo Palatinus, Temple of Cybele, Lupercalia, Secular Games
Mythological figures
Romulus and Remus, Faustulus
View of the Palatine Hill from across the Circus MaximusA schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and the Servian Wall
The Palatine Hill (/ˈpælətaɪn/; Classical Latin: Palatium;[1] Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino[palaˈtiːno]), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".[2] The site is now mainly a large open-air museum whilst the Palatine Museum houses many finds from the excavations here and from other ancient Italian sites.
Imperial palaces were built there, starting with Augustus. Before imperial times the hill was mostly occupied by the houses of the rich.
The hill originally had two summits separated by a depression; the highest part was called Palatium and the other Germalus (or Cermalus). Using the Forma Urbis its perimeter enclosed 63 acres (25 ha); while the Regionary Catalogues of the 4th century enclose 131 acres (53 ha).[3]
^Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary: Palatium
^Merivale, Charles, A General History of Rome: from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of Augustulus, B.C. 753— A.D. 476. New York: Harper & Brothers (1880), p. 39.
^The Atlas of Ancient Rome, Biography and Portraits of the City, Ed. Andrea Carandini, Paolo Carafa, trans. Andrew Campbell Halavais, Princeton University Pressm 2012, pp. 216=17, ISBN 978-0-691-16347-5
The PalatineHill (/ˈpælətaɪn/; Classical Latin: Palatium; Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which relative to the seven...
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details, ending with Remus's murder and the establishment of Rome on the PalatineHill. Most modern historians doubt the existence of a single founder or founding...
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corner of the PalatineHill. It probably takes its name from a house built by the Emperor Tiberius, who is known to have lived on the Palatine, though no...
and heads of households twice that amount. Building projects on the Palatinehill and elsewhere were also announced, which would have been the largest...
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of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. Situated between the Colosseum and the PalatineHill, the arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the route taken by victorious military...
first graves in the Esquiline Hill's necropolis, along with a clay and timber wall on the bottom of the PalatineHill dating to the middle of the 8th...
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