This might fall a little outside the purview of r/AskHistorians but it might be something fun! I am visiting Rome for the first time since I was a child and would really like to go to a few historically significant places while there.
I only have 2 or 3 days in the city. I was hoping to visit the Museum of Roman Civilization but it seems to be closed. I want to go to the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine and the Circus Maximus but I was wondering if anyone had any really good suggestions for interesting places particularly related to Augustus or Ceasar!
Thanks a lot!
Consider getting a Roma Pass. I see they have a new 48hour version. If you get to a couple of museums the price is definitely worth it, and it will also help you avoid some lengthy queues at the Colisseum which was almost worth it just by itself.
I would also recommend getting some kind of map/written guide for the Forum Romanum, otherwise you are just wondering around an excavated collection of ruins wondering what things are. Definitely more interesting/meaningful when you can identify things and read up/hear about them at the time.
Other recommendations: Underneath SS Giovanni e Paolo on the Caelian Hill: Roman houses + early Christian Church + Mithraeum + weird water gushing underneath:
Also, try and find the time to visit the Ara Pacis museum, which is next to Augustus' mausoleum.
Definitely the Colosseum try also going to Vatican City no passport required . The Roman forum is even worth the visit . I suggest using the Hop-on / Hop-off sightseeing tour I enjoyed also Castel Del Monte. As of Museums I do not have a lot about it
Be sure to bail out of Rome and go to Ostia Antica (iirc about half an hour away by train), it's one of the best preserved Roman towns in the world and you can roam around the thing practically however you like. The 'Roma pass' gives you access to this site, too.