Italica, Spain
Just outside Seville in the town of Santiponce lies the remains of the old Roman city of Italica. The birthplace of the Roman emperor Trajan, Italica was founded in 206 B.C. initially for wounded Roman soldiers. The ruins contain an amphitheater which was the 3rd largest in the Roman Empire. It seated 25,000 while the town’s population was 8,000. As we walked along the cobbled streets past whats left of houses and shops with their mosaic floors still in tact, we were once again in awe of the far reaching and prolific empire of those industrious Romans.
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