Another historic Roman bill, the PALATINE, looks over the Forum, preserving unforgettable memories in the greenery of its luxuriant vegetation. During the Republic, the Patrician families dwelt on the Palatine. Quintus Hortensius, the celebrated orator who emulated Cicero, lived here in a house given him by Augustus. When Augustus became Emperor, he made his imperial residence on the Palatine. Afterwards Tiberius, Caligula, the Flavii and Septimius Severus built palaces here. The Palatine was the cradle of Rome. Here, according to legend, Romulus traced the square outline of the first city with a plough; here was, the seat of the Kings. Because of this the hill ... continue