New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome
New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in ...
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Piecing Together a Plan of Ancient Rome
Sometimes known as the Severan Marble Plan, the Forma was an enormous marble map of ancient Rome created between the years A.D. 203 and 211. Beginning in the fifth century, as the map fell into ...
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The Numbers Behind Ancient Rome: Stats that Define *the* Supercity of the Ancient World
Ancient Rome achieved urban milestones centuries ahead of its time, with innovations like shopping malls, public welfare, and ...
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Rome's Ancient Catacombs
A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...
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Aqueducts: Quenching Rome’s Thirst
Rome had as many as 11 aqueduct systems, the most ancient of which was the mile-long ... Built in 19 B.C. to a plan by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa during the boom in hydrology projects ordered ...
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Watering Ancient Rome
We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about the Romans' sophisticated water distribution system, including its elegant aqueducts. Here's what he told us: NOVA ...
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New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome
The gigantic marble plan of Ancient Rome, which originally measured about 18 metres by 13 metres (18 yards by 13 yards) was engraved between 203 and 211 AD under Emperor Septimius Severus and was ...