Private Rome Walking Tour: In the Footsteps of Cleopatra

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Foro di Cesare

   1h

   You will learn the architecture of the Forum of Caesar and his passional love for the beautiful queen of Egypt Cleopatra who lived in Rome in a splendid villa in Trastevere before Caesar assassination in 44 B.C. by Brutus and Cassius in the curia of Pompey in Campus Martius.

2. 2

   Area Sacra di Largo Argentina

   30min

   We will stop at the Campus Martius in Piazza largo Argentina to explore curia of Pompey where Julius Caesar was assassined in 44 B.C. The history of the plot will be narrated together with the complex hisotory of the civil war that occurred soon after the death of Caesar.

3. 3

   Roman Forum

   50min

   We will stop at the Capitoline hill where you will enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of the Roman Forum. Yuo will learn about the historical developement of the Roman Forum with a paricular focus on the temple of Divus Caesar that was erected after is death by his adopted son Ottaviano. The magnifencent funeral of Ceasear that occurred at the Roman Forum will be narrated , the famed funeral oration of Mark Antony in his honour and extraodinary love history between Mark Antony and Cleopatra that had a tragic end after the defeat of the fleet of Cleopatra by Ottaviano Augustus at Azio in 31 B.C.

4. 4

   Forum of Augustus

   30min

   You will enjoy the visit of the Forum of Augustus who was erected by the adopted son heir of Julius Casear after the defeat of the killers of Caesar at the battle of Filippi in 42 B.C as a revenge for his assassination. The temple entererly in marble dedicated to war god Mars still preserve a magnificent decoration that has a precise political meaning.

Before you go

Location