The city does reenactments the weekend closest to its Birthday, but since I wasn't in Rome over the weekend, I only was able to go out and celebrate on Tuesday, April 21st. Usually there are fireworks at night, but due to budget cuts, there was really only an orchestra (which was amazing) and special lights in the forum, which I'm sorry Rome, but were kind of lame.
I went out with some friends and took some awesome pictures of the Colosseum in the setting sun, checked out the Orchestra, got some gelato (obviously), and went through the Capitoline Museum for a significantly reduced price! The museum was HUGE and had a lot of sculptures, but it was designed by Michelangelo and occupies part of where the Temple of Jupiter used to stand in full.
