What was it like to walk through the streets of Rome in the 2nd century?
In this video we take a tour of the most important buildings and monuments of the Roman Empire in a way you've never seen before.
VIDEO HERE (8:20 minutes)
What was it like to walk through the streets of Rome in the 2nd century?
In this video we take a tour of the most important buildings and monuments of the Roman Empire in a way you've never seen before.
VIDEO HERE (8:20 minutes)
The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Best and Biggest) wasn't brilliant white. Greek and Roman temples were generally painted, often in bright colors.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if he could do a virtual tour of the District of Columbia, five years after the collapse of the American Empire.
ReplyDeleteCan't be any worse than the French Quarter in New Orleans on even a good day.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Romans had some pretty good rules regarding body wastes.
The movie Gladiator with Russell Crow is a good one to watch for Roman scenes. Besides being a kick ass movie.
ReplyDeleteGood movie, it's one of the few I've watched more than twice over the years.
DeleteThe architecture is amazing. My preference is Greek mainly because they had no concrete. The Romans used concrete. Greek buildings are fitted together in ingenious fashion. Romanesque with the rounded windows is cool but I do like the Gothic more. I find the flying buttresses to increase nave height fascinating. I like it all just some stands out a bit more to me.
ReplyDelete"The water was diverted through an underground sewer called the CLOACA MAXIMUS"
ReplyDeleteAs a Biologist it translates to Biggest Asshole! Made my day!
Sackable?
ReplyDelete- The Vandals