Course: Rome: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City

Now that you’ve looked at Rome’s forum spaces, and at monumental structures such as arches and obelisks, let’s look at a complex that combines elements of both – Trajan’s Forum. …

So far you’ve looked at Rome as a functioning city, exploring the way its buildings worked to deliver shelter, entertainment, food, water, and more to its inhabitants. But we also …

Not every building in ancient Rome had a practical function. Monuments such as obelisks and arches cemented their builder’s legacy into the landscape of the city forever. I visit the …

Join me on a tour around the grand political and religious structures of the Forum in the high imperial period. You should get the flavour of the dynastic space taking …

Last week you looked at the infrastructure of Rome such as the roads, aqueducts and sewers. This week you’ll investigate the political architecture at the heart of the Roman Empire. …

A digital model is editable, flexible, navigable, transmissible and sharable. It can be a useful new way of presenting the past alongside more traditional methods. It’s an effective tool to …

Although perhaps not the most glamorous of the city’s structures, aqueducts and sewers were a fantastic feat of engineering by the Romans. I explain how Rome supplied its million or …

Before you look at the political, religious and entertainment structures which filled the landscape of Rome, it’s important to understand a little more about the materials and techniques used to …

Walls are an impressive statement of a city’s power and wealth. Circling an entire urban area with a defensible wall circuit is always a major undertaking, requiring huge reserves of …

Watch our ‘potted history of Rome’ for a light-hearted approach to Rome’s fascinating but complex history from 753 BC to 337 AD. I hope you enjoy this animated introduction, and …