Villa of Maxentius

Via Appia Antica, 153. Information: Tel. 060608. Opening hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Ticket office closes at 3.30 p.m.), 24 and 31 december: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., closed Mondays, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. www.museiincomuneroma.it

The compound consists of three main buildings: the villa, the circus and the family mausoleum, designed as a single architectural unit in honour of the Emperor Maxentius.