Italica

Yesterday afternoon was spent visiting the Roman ruins of Italica in a town outside of Seville called Santiponce. The town of Italica, after being founded by the Romans was sacked by Visigoths from Germany in the 4th or 5th centuries who decided to destroy as much of the town as possible. However, a lot of the town still exists. We first viewed a presevered Roman amphitheater where they had Gladiator fights, yes, those gladiator fights. We next walked the Roman ruins of the "town" and saw structures that are over 2,000 years old. Simply amazing. In the town of Santiponce which is built on the ruins of Italica was the Roman theater. The Roman theater of Italica is still used for productions today.