{"id":689,"date":"2010-10-25T14:49:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=689"},"modified":"2014-08-21T15:35:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:35:11","slug":"the-hilltops-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/the-hilltops-of-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hilltops of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although much has changed since Ancient Rome, there are still the traces of some important hill sites that served an important purpose in Ancient Rome.<\/p>\n<p>In Ancient Roman legend, Aventine Hill or <strong>Collis<\/strong> <strong>Aventinus<\/strong> was the mythical location where Romulus founded Rome. In actuality, Aventine Hill was annexed by the Ancient Romans in the time when Rome was ruled by kings. Today, Aventine Hill is a sprawling residential neighborhood and still visited by tourists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excavations on Palatine Hill (<strong>Collis Palatium<\/strong>) have shown that the origins of the Hill can be traced to 1000 B.C. Palatine Hill was an upscale residential neighborhood where senators, emperors and the emperors\u2019 families resided. Tourists can still see the remains of housing in the Via di San Gregorio, which is the name of a street in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Capitoline Hill (<strong>Collis Capit\u014dl\u012bnus<\/strong>) was a hill of significance because the Hill was the location of an important temple. At the time it was one of the largest and most beautiful of temples, and the temple is associated with many historical events. For instance, it\u2019s said that Brutus and the other senators locked themselves inside the temple when they assassinated Caesar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Cordonata_at_piazza_campidoglio_rome_arp-350x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Cordonata_at_piazza_campidoglio_rome_arp-350x274.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Cordonata_at_piazza_campidoglio_rome_arp-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Cordonata_at_piazza_campidoglio_rome_arp-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Cordonata_at_piazza_campidoglio_rome_arp.jpg 2018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Although much has changed since Ancient Rome, there are still the traces of some important hill sites that served an important purpose in Ancient Rome. In Ancient Roman legend, Aventine Hill or Collis Aventinus was the mythical location where Romulus founded Rome. In actuality, Aventine Hill was annexed by the Ancient Romans in the time&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/the-hilltops-of-rome\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}