Left Leanings
20th April 2012, 14:44
There is a new TV series on Romans:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/rome/9216363/Rome-ancient-life-in-a-modern-city.html
This is a bit different from the usual sort of documentary series, cos it focuses not on the grand people in their palaces, and the great monuments. It looks at the lives of ordinary Romans.
Ancient Rome was home to a million people. Most of them lived in jerry-built tower blocks, that lined narrow streets. There was little in way of services such as refuse collection, police, and only amateur firefighters.
Roman civilization is often presented as grand. It was if you were rich, of cos. But here is a closer look at what have been dubbed the 'high-rise' (as in high-rise blocks of council flats) Romans.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/rome/9216363/Rome-ancient-life-in-a-modern-city.html
This is a bit different from the usual sort of documentary series, cos it focuses not on the grand people in their palaces, and the great monuments. It looks at the lives of ordinary Romans.
Ancient Rome was home to a million people. Most of them lived in jerry-built tower blocks, that lined narrow streets. There was little in way of services such as refuse collection, police, and only amateur firefighters.
Roman civilization is often presented as grand. It was if you were rich, of cos. But here is a closer look at what have been dubbed the 'high-rise' (as in high-rise blocks of council flats) Romans.