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Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. Each episode in this series gives you the history and a short tour of a site in the eternal city in the hope that you can make the most of your visit. For a map of the locations covered go to rome-podcast.com My name is…

Transcript You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. Each episode in this series gives you the history and a short tour of a site in the eternal city in the hope that you can make the most of your visit.  For a map of the locations covered go to rome-podcast.com My name is…

Transcript: We will start our tour at the south end of the Piazza. It’s difficult to imagine it now, but the Piazza Navona we see today sits on the footprint of what was a major sporting stadium that accommodated roughly 30,000 spectators. Known it its day as the Circus Agonalis it was commissioned by Emperor…

Transcript:  The Ludus Magnus is located immediately east of the Colosseum. Translated as the ‘big training ground’ this was the largest and most prestigious gladiatorial school and barracks in ancient Rome.  It is one of four centers where gladiators from across the Roman Empire would live, eat, and practice while preparing for their participation in…

Transcript: The Colosseum is the largest amphitheater built during the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering in ancient Rome. We’re going to start this tour assuming your standing outside – perhaps queuing to get inside. This still magnificent building was paid for largely by the 50,000 kg…