Walking into the Colosseum in Rome for the first time felt like stepping through a doorway into another world. The noise of the modern city faded, and suddenly I was standing in the heart of ancient Rome — the arena that once held up to 50,000 spectators, where gladiators fought, emperors presided, and history was written in blood and spectacle. No photo, no documentary, no history book could prepare me for the sheer scale and atmosphere of this place.
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We had decided on a trip to Rome in Italy. Fortunately, Rome is only a few kilometers away from the more. Sea location is too expensive, Rome is too expensive, so something in between and then still have both. That was the plan and we booked a nice apartment in Ostia Antica. Ostia Antica is a 3000 year old city that once formed the port of ancient Rome and is now mostly abandoned. The historic buildings were abandoned around 400-500 AD and the city fell into disrepair. Interestingly, this was a huge city with a few tens of thousands of inhabitants at that time with immense wealth, which is still clearly visible today.
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