Have you ever imagined what Ancient Rome real looked like? Ever wanted to take a time machine back to really understand what all those worn stones and marbles actually looked like?
Well thanks to 3-D technology joining up forces with Classicists and Scientists you can use your eyes more and your mind's eye less to understand what Rome looked like.
Thanks to an international team of cross discipline team of experts Ancient Rome has been brought back to life by the University of Virginia's Rome Reborn project.
According to Rome Reborn's project director:
"Rome Reborn is an international initiative to use 3D digital technology to illustrate the urban development of the ancient city from the first settlements in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 BCE) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. 552 CE). Thus far, the Rome Reborn team has concentrated on modeling the city as it might have appeared in 320 CE when it reached the peak of its development with a population estimated to be ca. 1 million people occupying ca. 25 sq. km. of space inside the late-antique walls and using ca. 7,000 buildings. "
Take a look at the video below to experience Rome is all it's (imagined but researched) splendor.
Rome reborn can even be added to your computer's version Google Earth.
You can learn more about adding the Rome Reborn layer here.
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