AAR CSS: Day 15

Just a half(ish) day today. We had a special permesso to see the Palatine houses this morning.

Casa di Augusto (probably not actually his house):

Saw this on the way to the next house (it's a bug of some sort with a bee in its 'mouth' - really neat close-up):

Casa di Livia:

Casa dei Grifi:

Aula Isiaca:

Then we toured the first floor of the Palatine Antiquarium (some nice frescoes and statues):

The afternoon was free, so I went with Kim Ashcraft (a high school Latin teacher) to the Colosseum, where I got the Nero catalogue and a poster with the Roman emperors' portraits from coins.

Colosseum with NERONE ("Nero") in the intercolumniations:

The evening lecture was by James Packer (emeritus, Northwestern University), who spoke on "Digitizing Imperial Rome: A Computerized Approach to the Architectural History of the Roman Imperial Forum".

Dinner: Fettuccine al pomodoro | Saltimbocca con funghi trifolati | Bavarese al cioccolato (a kind of chocolate mousse cake)