Home
Europe
- Italy
- Malta
- Croatia
  - Dalmatian Coast
    - Dubrovnik
    - Split
    - Hvar
    - Trogir
    - Korcula
  - Istrian Peninsula
    - Opatija
    - Porec
    - Pula
    - Vodnjan
    - Rovinj
  - Zagreb
- Spain
  - Andalusia
    - Cordoba
    - Granada
    - Ronda
    - Carmona
    - Jerez de la Frontera
    - Costa del Sol
    - Malaga
  - Madrid
  - Cantabria
  - Catalan
    - Barcelona
    - Tarragona
  - Valencia
  - Castille-La Mancha
    - Toledo
  - Extremadura
    - Mérida
  - Majorca
  - Gibraltar
- Portugal
  - Algarve
  - Lisbon and Sintra
- Greece
  - Athens
  - Thessoloniki
  - Peloponesse
  - Crete
  - Dodecanese Islands
    - Kos
    - Rhodes
  - Cyclade Islands
    - Santorini
    - Mykonos
  - Ionian Islands
    - Corfu
- Turkey
- France
- Switzerland
  - Lucerne
- Austria
  - Vienna
- Germany
  - Berlin
- Hungary
  - Budapest
- Czech Republic
  - Prague
- Poland
  - Warsaw
  - Krakow
- UK
  - London
  - Northern UK
  - Gibraltar
  - Scotland
- Denmark
  - Copenhagen
- Sweden
  - Stockholm
- Russia
  - Moscow
  - St Petersburg
- Lithuania
  - Vilnius
- Estonia
  - Tallinn
Africa
- Morocco
  - Marrakech
- Tunisia
Asia-Pacific
- India
  - Delhi
  - Agra
  - Rajastan
- China
  - Beijing
  - Shanghai
- Thailand
- Indonesia
  - Bali
- Australia
  - Sydney
- New Zealand
  - Aukland and the north island
Americas
- U.S.A.
  - San Francisco
  - New York
  - Boston
  - Maine
  - New Hampshire
  - Vermont
- South America
Photos
Travel Tips
About Us

Category: Istanbul

Istanbul and Ancient Constantinople

Byzantium started out in the 660 BC as an ancient Greek city named for Byzas, the son of Poseidon, raised by Spring Fairies who was instructed by the Oracle of …

Istanbul / Turkey

2007 – Istanbul; Istiklal, Old City and the Topkapi Palace

We’re staying in the old Beyoglu District, near the Istiklal pedestrian zone, about a 20 minute walk from Taskim Square. This is the old Pera, once a wealthy suburb across …

Welcome to our website.

This site is filled with historical anecdotes, observations and photos. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Jonathan Rome & Gretchen Van Horne

Ancient Monuments of Rome

Roman Portraits
April in Rome
Ancient water and the Park of the Aqueducts
Pausylipon: Imperial Villa, ancient tunnels and eels
The most beautiful Piazza in Rome
A great day in the ancient city – 2016
The Walls and Gates of Rome
Finding Pompey’s Theater in the Campo Marzio
Saving the Mausoleum of Augustus
Nero’s Golden Palace is Open (Again) – 2014
The Pantheon and Piazza della Rotondo
The Coliseum – Fact and Fiction
The curious tale of the Laocoön and his sons
Secrets of the Castel Sant’Angelo

Churches and Architecture of Christian Rome

The most beautiful Piazza in Rome
Vicus Scelerata and the Evil Steps
A great day in the ancient city – 2016
Mussolini’s Architectural Legacy in Rome
Christmas in Rome
2006 – Rome; Christmas, Zampognari and Santo Bambino
“Saints be Praised” – The Relics of Rome
Byzantine treasures of Rome
Secrets of the Castel Sant’Angelo

Modern Rome

April in Rome
Mussolini’s Architectural Legacy in Rome
A great day in the ancient city – 2016
The (not so Spanish) Spanish Steps
September in Rome – 2015
The Life and Death of Via dei Fori Imperiali: 1932-2015
Take the A train to Cinecittà
Protect yourselves against Con Artists, Pickpockets and Thieves of Rome
Eating well in Italy (the more you know, the less you pay)
Attack on Rome!
2013-Rome; A day in the life of a great city
2013-Rome; Everything Old is New Again
Cucina Romana – the tradition of eating in Rome
‘Sampietrini’ – The streets of Rome

Mysteries and Legends of Rome

Vicus Scelerata and the Evil Steps
The (not so Spanish) Spanish Steps
Great Caesar’s Ghost, Rome is Haunted
Satire, Graffiti and Talking Statues
Legends of the Trevi Fountain
“Saints be Praised” – The Relics of Rome
Legends of the Trevi Fountain
The curious tale of the Laocoön and his sons

Following the Roman Empire

Greece and the Roman Empire
Athens in the Roman Empire
Ancient Greece in Sicily – Akragas (Agrigento)
Ancient Greece in Sicily – Segesta vs. Selinunte
Ancient Greece in Sicily – The rise of Syracuse
Pausylipon: Imperial Villa, ancient tunnels and eels
Provence – The Roman Province along the via Domitia
Provence – The Roman Province along the via Agrippa
Provence – The Roman Province along the via Julia
Emerita Augusta – Mérida, Spain
Verona: Ancient Rome, Medieval Warlords and Romeo and Juliet tourism
Istanbul and Ancient Constantinople
2013-Thessaloniki, Byzantine city on the Gulf of Salonica
Croatia; Split and Trogir
2010 – Rome, Tivoli, Tarquinia and Centrale Montemartini
2007 – Ephesus and the Aegean Coast of Turkey
2006 – Western Sicily; Palermo and the ruins of Magna Grecia
2003 – Sicily; Mt Etna, i Ciclopi, Piazza Armerina, Enna, Siracusa, Taormina
2000 – Pompeii and Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast

Museums and Monuments of Rome

The (not so Spanish) Spanish Steps
The curious tale of the Laocoön and his sons
Take the A train to Cinecittà
Saving the Mausoleum of Augustus
Nero’s Golden Palace is Open (Again) – 2014
The Pantheon and Piazza della Rotondo
Secrets of the Castel Sant’Angelo

Welcome to Rome on Rome!

We do the Romans a disservice if we heroize them, as much as if we demonise them. But we do ourselves a disservice if we fail to take them seriously – and if we close our long and complicated conversation with them.
-Mary Beard-

Subscribe to new posts via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address

Join 110 other subscribers

Please share my posts and photos!

I've loved traveling all over the world and learning about and sharing in the local cultures. In the spirit of giving back, you are free to share and re-publish any of my content.

All the works published on my site are hereby licensed under Creative Commons.

Rome on Rome by Jonathan Rome is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.