Florence, the glorious Renaissance City. Everywhere you look you see the evidence of her beautiful artistic masterpieces that reflect this extraordinary era. But as you walk the cobble stone streets there is a history of her origins directly beneath your feet. A past that goes back thousands of years to the Mysterious Etruscans whose town Fiesole overlooks Florence and whose marketplace was located on the banks of the River Arno in Florence. A history that tells how the Romans established their city of Florentia in 59 BC to reward the Roman soldiers who fought with Julius Caesar. A Roman city with a forum for the religious and government functions, an amphitheater for “sports”, a theater for music and plays and, of course, baths and aqueducts to bring clean water from the surrounding countryside. Together we will explore the very foundations on which this Beautiful City of Art was built.