Fly over ancient Rome as it looked in the second century
The camera flies over the rooftops, moving the way drone footage does, so the views are ones no Roman ever had. The tour opens on the Capitoline Hill, the most sacred of the seven hills inside the original city walls, and passes the Temples of Jupiter and Juno Moneta, the Roman Forum and its basilicas, and the Curia Julia, where the senators of the Republic met. Bravo also stops at places that get less attention.
- ▪The camera flies over the rooftops, moving the way drone footage does, so the views are ones no Roman ever had.
- ▪The tour opens on the Capitoline Hill, the most sacred of the seven hills inside the original city walls, and passes the Temples of Jupiter and Juno Moneta, the Roman Forum and its basilicas, and the Curia Julia, where the senators of the R
- ▪Bravo also stops at places that get less attention.
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| Publication time | Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:04:00 +0000 |
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Fly over ancient Rome as it looked in the second century Popkin 5:04 am Wed Aug 5, 2026 virtual ancient Rome — Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Manuel Bravo makes video tours of ancient places, and his "Virtual Rome" reconstructs the city as it stood in the second century AD, when its buildings were at their height. The camera flies over the rooftops, moving the way drone footage does, so the views are ones no Roman ever had. The tour opens on the Capitoline Hill, the most sacred of the seven hills inside the original city walls, and passes the Temples of Jupiter and Juno Moneta, the Roman Forum and its basilicas, and the Curia Julia, where the senators of the Republic met. Bravo also stops at places that get less attention.
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