Scholars of ancient history and IT experts at Stanford University have collaborated to create a novel way to study Ancient Rome. ORBIS, a geospatial network model, allows visitors to experience the strategy behind travel in antiquity. (Find a handy tutorial for using the system on the Web and YouTube). The ORBIS map includes about 750 mostly urban settlements of the Roman period
Scholars of ancient history and IT experts at Stanford University have collaborated to create a novel way to study Ancient Rome. ORBIS, a geospatial network model, allows visitors to experience the strategy behind travel in antiquity. (Find a handy tutorial for using the system on the Web and YouTube). The ORBIS map includes about 750 mostly urban settlements of the Roman period
"Elsewhere in this gallery, there are portraits of other Roman emperors, notably Tiberius's predecessor, Augustus and his successor, Caligula. Which begs the question: when the Villa closes for the day, what might Rome's rulers say to one another?"
"Ancient Rome's geography was in many ways the secret of its future success so much so that even Roman writers, including Cicero, recognized how fortunate the choice had been.
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"New research has been analysing the text of the Iliad, and in particular how the Greeks and Trojans conducted assemblies for decision-making purposes. Joel P. Christensen has studied the text and come to some interesting conclusions which are published in the most recent edition of the journal Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. Christensen believes this is an under-studied area which has the potential to reveal a huge amount about the Classical world."
"The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan's Column. It's a tale that reads like an ancient comic strip.
Take Trajan's Column for a spin: Click the arrows at left for a guided tour,
or explore on your own by dragging the images. (Trajan is highlighted in yellow.)"
"Une monographie scientifique de 400 pages, illustrée de près de 420 figures, vient de paraître sous le titre «La villa romaine du Prieuré à Pully et ses peintures murales». Cette publication retrace plus de 40 années de recherches sur le site archéologique exceptionnel de la villa romaine de Pully, construite entre le 1er et le 2e siècle de notre ère."