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This is a nice short video about Rome’s great sewer system, the Cloaca Maxima: The Cloaca Maxima, Rome’s “Greatest Sewer,” was an enormous drainage canal first built in the 6th century BCE under the early kings, traditionally Tarquinius Priscus, to transform the marshy lowlands between the Capitoline and Palatine hills into solid ground for what would become the Roman Forum. Over time, the open canal was roofed with massive tufa blocks and expanded into a vaulted tunnel large enough for maintenance crews—and even small boats—to pass through. Functioning primarily as a storm drain, it carried runoff and wastewater into the Tiber, enabling Rome’s rapid urban growth above it. Its longevity is surprising: It was renovated repeatedly, connected to aqueduct overflows by the first century CE, and it is still partly functional today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca_Maxima
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There have been several previous post reassessing Nero (see below). Below is a very good video describing Nero’s Domus Aurea:
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There have been previous posts about thermopolia—fast-food counters in Ancient Rome, found in excavations of Pompeii (see below). A thermopolium (plural thermopolia) was a street‑front food shop where customers could buy hot food and drink. The name derives from Greek: thermos = hot poleo = to sell They catered especially to residents of insulae (apartment blocks) who lacked kitchens and relied on street food for daily meals. Because of this association with the lower and middle classes, elite Romans sometimes looked down on them. Here is a good video summarizing the thermopolia:
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There have been surprisingly few previous posts about Rome in modern-day Scotland (see below). Here are short videos on Agricola’s defeat of the Caledonians:
