6 Stop 6 of 8 on Emperors Behaving Badly

Palatine Hill

Ancient Rome, Rome

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"You're up on the Palatine Hill, surrounded by the ruins of the imperial palaces. This is the ground the word "palace" comes from — and it's also a perfect chart of how fast absolute power rots a person. This hill is also where Rome believed it was born. Somewhere on the slope below was the Lupercal, the cave where a she-wolf supposedly found and nursed the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Circus Maximus
Emperors Behaving Badly

Emperors Behaving Badly

8 stops · 25 min

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Tour Stops

Follow the full Emperors Behaving Badly route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Domus Aurea (Nero's Golden House)
  3. 3 The Colosseum
  4. 4 The Arch of Constantine
  5. 5 The House of the Vestals (Roman Forum)
  6. 6 Palatine Hill
  7. 7 Circus Maximus
  8. 8 The Reveal

Hear the full story at Palatine Hill

This is just one of 8 stops on the Emperors Behaving Badly tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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