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 an interactive map of the locations covered go to rome-podcast.com My name…
Category: Religion
Episode 29: Largo Argentina
Transcript Largo Argentina is an exposed cluster of four temples to the south of the Pantheon and east of the Campo De’ Fiori. Today these sit in the middle of a large square and next to a bustling set of road intersections but they were originally part of a much larger temple complex in…
Episode 24: Temple of Vespasian and Titus
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 Temple of Vespasian and Titus. The Temple of Vespasian and Titus sits at the north-west end of the Forum between the Temple of…
Episode 23: Temple of Saturn
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 Temple of Saturn. The Temple, repaired and rebuilt over many centuries, is one of the most ancient buildings in the Forum. Its construction…
Episode 22: The Temple of Concord
Transcript: The Temple of Concord is the site of a series of shrines dedicated to the Roman goddess Concordia, and erected at the western end of the Roman Forum. The earliest temple is believed to have been vowed by Marcus Furius Camillus in 367 BCE, but it may not have been built until 218 BCE….
Episode 19: Black Stone, Rostra and Phocas
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…
Episode 13: Temple of Divus Romulus
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 Temple of Divus Romulus. The Temple of Divus Romulus is recognizable as a tall round building on the North side of the Via…
Episode 12: The Temple of Vesta
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 Temple of Vesta. The Temple of Vesta was integrated into the adjacent House and Sanctuary of the Vestal Virgins. The only remains of…
Episode 11: Temple of Roma and Venus
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 Temple of Roma and Venus. The Temple of Roma and Venus was designed and commissioned by the Emperor Hadrian. Building started in the…
Episode 9: The Roman Forum
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…