Photography by Marilyn Price

Italy 2007

A stairway to no where, Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy

This photo shows a detail of what remains of the Forum of Augustus - a stairway that appears to lead no where with its steps covered with plants. Forums were meeting places and general offices, usually for lawyers. The Forum of Augustus was probably built to celebrate Augustus's victory over Julius Ceasar's assassins, Brutus and Cassius, at the Battle of Philippi in 41 BC.

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