Ruins Where Julius Caesar Was Murdered

Ulysse showed us the ruins where Julius Caesar was murdered. We had walked past these ruins several times, but were unaware of this. Again, no signs. No boasting about these Roman treasures. They are incorporated into the landscape and perhaps taken for granted. We also were told where Nero's palace was built, adjacent to the Colosseum. As noted, much of the marble from Nero's palace and the Colosseum was "recycled 14 centuries later to build the Vatican. Ulysse also told us why it was profitable to provide free entertainment and food to families whose sons were conquering the world in the first century AD. Thus the Colosseum. Later, of coarse, it was "Christianized". Now there is a wooden cross positioned on the main floor and the Stations of the Cross are said here every Good Friday.