This is Ostia Antica

Today, I ventured out of the Roman city-limits and headed south towards the Mediterranean Sea. Accompanied by four others (Lisa, Quanah, Elizabeth-Jane, and Amy), we toured the ancient city of Ostia. A metropolis of about 60,000 people, Ostia now rests in ruins, its buildings roofless and its streets empty, save for a few American tourists.

We explored every crevice, finding details to the past. Some of us (that would be me), even went into the ancient sewer system under the baths. Absolutely amazing!-- I never thought my four years of Latin class (and subsequent education in Roman culture) would be making a surreal reprise.