Roma, Caput Mundi

The Ara Pacis Museum on the banks of the Tiber in Rome has opened a new immersive multimedia experience for visitors to the ancient altar of peace built by Emperor Augustus. Video mapping technology and 4K laser projection brings the altar’s original vivid polychrome back to life, accompanied by narration, music and sound effects. The … Read the full post →“A journey through the Ara Pacis in vivid color”

The House of the Griffins, one of the most significant luxury homes on Rome’s Palatine hill to survive from the Republican era, is opening to the public for the first time since its discovery more than a century ago with a livestreamed on-site video tour. Visitors will stay in the atrium while a guide equipped … Read the full post →“House of the Griffins opens with innovative livestreamed tours”

A small post to ensure you’re not left empty-handed today. If you have 17 minutes to spare amidst the festivities, this lecture from Ancient Rome Live on the Early Christian churches of Rome is a gift box of information about the evolution of Christian churches in Imperial Rome, complete with tours of the early churches … Read the full post →“Vives annos!”

The Archaeological Park of the Colosseum has opened the Passage of Commodus, the underground vaulted walkway that led directly to the imperial box in the Flavian Amphitheater, to the public for the first time. The passage connected the pulvinar, the imperial box, on the southern end of the Colosseum’s minor axis with the exterior. According … Read the full post →“Colosseum opens Passage of Commodus”

A Roman mosaic floor from the early Imperial period has been discovered during fiberoptic cable installation in Tivoli, 20 miles north of Rome. The mosaic features black and white tiles arranged in geometric patterns. The mosaic emerged in the excavation for the laying of cable near the church of Sant’Andrea. The discovery spurred an archaeological … Read the full post →“Roman mosaic found during in Tivoli”