On this day, we went to the old Roman city of Italica. It was just for a day trip because it is only about a half hour drive from Sevilla. It was founded in 206 BC as a retirement town of generals of the Roman army. All of the houses in Italica were grand because everyone had money at the time. The amphitheater seated about 25,000 people, which made it the third largest in the Roman empire, even though the town only had 8,000 inhabitants. They would pay people from other Spanish towns to come and watch the shows and gladiator fights. There were even two bathhouses. I was a pretty interesting day-trip and it was amazing that the mosaics are still intact from the original Roman houses.
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