An Audio Guide to Ancient Rome
Companion site to the podcast series
Transcript You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Forum of Julius Caesar. This area, at the side of the Capitoline Hill, was the border between two of the ancient tribes and…
Transcript You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Basilica Julia. The Basilica Julia was dedicated by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE – the same year that his nearby Forum was…
Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Curia Julia. The Curia Julia is the third building in the Forum that was purpose built as the Senate’s meeting place and each…
Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Black Stone, Rostra and the Column of Phocas. The Roman Forum sits in a saddle between the Capitoline and Palatine Hills. Originally a…
Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Basilica Paulli. Before the Basilica Paulli was built, this location had already served as the site of a basilica commissioned in 179 BCE…
Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the New Basilica. Construction of the New Basilica began under the emperor Maxentius in the year 308 but was completed by emperor Constantine in…
Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. My name is Daron Green. This intro and the next 15 podcast episodes are all relatively short – typically 5-10 minutes long with each focused on a specific building or area in the Roman Forum – note that there is an interactive google map…