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Imperial Rome and Ostia - for iPod/iPhone
Hosted by The Open University · ENGLISH
The splendidly evocative ruins of ancient Rome have long been a challenge to historians and archaeologists in reconstructing how it looked and functioned. It became the largest city in the western world during the imperial period, so how was the city constructed, and what were the materials used? How was it defended, supplied with food and water, and how were the people housed and entertained, and above all, how did it function? These video tracks use various famous sites such as the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to answer some of these questions. This material forms part of the course AT308 Cities and technology: from Babylon to Singapore.
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Imperial Rome and Ostia
Aug 23, 200900:00:57Tap to summarizeA brief introduction to the album.
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Aug 23, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- A brief introduction to the album.
Transcribe →The construction of Imperial Rome
Aug 23, 200900:04:57Tap to summarizeA large scale model shows us how Imperial Rome once looked and we also learn some of its fascinating history.
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Aug 23, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- A large scale model shows us how Imperial Rome once looked and we also learn some of its fascinating history.
Transcribe →Aqueducts in Rome
Aug 23, 200900:01:37Tap to summarizeA look at how aqueducts were a great engineering achievement in Imperial Rome.
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Aug 23, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- A look at how aqueducts were a great engineering achievement in Imperial Rome.
Transcribe →The Aurelianic wall
Aug 23, 200900:01:10Tap to summarizeThe renewed threat of barbarian invasion led to the construction of the Aurelianic wall - the second fortification in the history of Imperial Rome.
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Aug 23, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- The renewed threat of barbarian invasion led to the construction of the Aurelianic wall - the second fortification in the history of Imperial Rome.
Transcribe →Feeding the Roman Empire
Aug 23, 200900:01:07Tap to summarizeThis track looks at how grain - a staple part of the Roman diet - was shipped in to feed the Roman's and where the grain was stored.
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Aug 23, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- This track looks at how grain - a staple part of the Roman diet - was shipped in to feed the Roman's and where the grain was stored.
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