Click to play videoNew Delhi: As the saying goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans did.” And now technology has enabled visitors to experience a life that the ancient Romans did.
They can crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum and take a close look at bas-reliefs and inscriptions.
The virtual city is called Rome Reborn and it shows the city during the time of Emperor Constantine in 320 AD. It is also a vibrant and cosmopolitan city home to one million people.
Says creator, Rome Reborn, Bernard Frischer, “The idea is to show the whole urban forum evolution of the city, from the first settlements in the late bronze age until the peak of its development in the fourth and fifth century, and then the decline of Rome because of terrible wars and the end of Roman Empire in the West in the sixth century AD.”
The $two million simulation was created by an international team of archaeologists, architects and computer specialists.
It features some seven thousand simulated buildings designed using ancient maps and buildings catalogues. The city also comprises apartment buildings, private houses, inns, storage facilities, bakeries and even brothels.
So it may even help scholars calculate how many people could actually fit in the Colosseum.
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