Buildings of ancient Rome - for iPod/iPhone The Open University
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Rome: a majestic city with a rich past, spanning over two and a half thousand years. What remains to be seen of ancient Rome? As the heart of the Roman Empire, ancient Rome’s archaeological remains have been studied and admired for centuries, many being well-preserved due to their incorporation into newer structures. This album explores the sites of some of the republican temples in Rome’s Campus Martius, and relates them to the men who built them. The Roman Forum, centre of political and social activities, is examined for its importance in modelling city centres throughout the Roman world. This material forms part of The Open University course A219 Exploring the Classical World.
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Transcript -- Buildings of ancient Rome
An introduction to this album’s contents.
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Temples of republican Rome
An introduction to the remains of some of the most significant Roman temples in the Campus Martius.
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Transcript -- Temples of republican Rome
An introduction to the remains of some of the most significant Roman temples in the Campus Martius.
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The Circus Flaminius
The parade ground where triumphal processions mustered is also famous for the games held there.
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Transcript -- The Circus Flaminius
The parade ground where triumphal processions mustered is also famous for the games held there.
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Buildings of Ancient Rome
These vignettes provide invaluable information about the ancient remains in Rome and the constant discovery of old and new information about the past of these monuments to the founding of western culture.