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Via Sacra
Once inside the Forum, take some time to get orientated. Sit down on the three long steps, which are part of the Regia and flank the other side of the Via Sacra . This ancient road runs directly through the core of the Forum, from below the Capitoline Hill in the west to the far orient extent of the site and the Arch of Titus (where there’s a handy exit for the Colosseum). It was the best-known street of ancient Rome, along which victorious emperors and generals would ride in procession to give thanks at the Capitoline’s Temple of Jupiter. It’s possible, however, that this wasn’t the original Via Sacra at all, and in fact was renamed in the 1550s, when the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, visited Pope Paul III and the only triumphal arch they could find to march under was the Arch of Septimus Serverus, a couple hundred yards to your left.
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