The recently assembled resin replica of the Colossus of Constantine (note the door in the background) in the back garden of the Capitoline Museum, Rome.

The incredible Portonaccio sarcophagus, at the Palazzo Massimo National Roman Museum, Rome.

Copy of Aphrodite (Venus Genitrix) at the Centrale Montemartini museum, Rome

The Praeneste fibula (the "brooch of Palestrina") at the Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, Rome.

One of the earliest known examples of Latin, dated to 7th century BC.

El Jem amphitheater, rising out of the Tunisian desert

The Battle between the Horatti and Curatti, Capitaline Museum, Rome

Mausoleum of Cicero in Formia, Lazio, about 130km south of Rome

Bust of Caracalla, Altes Museum, Berlin

The Greek theatre of Taormina, with Mt Vesuvius in the background, from a visit to Sicily in 2016.

Originally constructed in the 3rd century BCE, rebuilt in the 2nd century AD.

The Roman Theatre of Amman, Jordan, photographed during a 2014 visit.

Built to honour the curly bearded Emperor Antonius Pius (138-161), the 4th Good Emperor, who succeeded to Hadrian and preceded Marcus Aurelius.