The marble map is one of the coolest Roman survivals that exists . The scale is amazing the cartographers at the time really put a lot of work into this map. It would have been a task to go out and make the surveys and take down all the measurements .

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

This was a celebratory creation. Official documents were recorded on paper. We are fortunate to have the marble one!

@aureaphilos

5 ай бұрын

As someone who worked as a cartographer in building the first digital map of the United States, for the Census Bureau, I was totally sucked in by the section of this program discussing the new Forma Urbis exhibit. *mind blown*

Simply amazing. And free! Although Rome itself is an open museum places like this bring together the story and archeology of the city in a new light. Thank you again for showing us what is still hidden in the Eternal City.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

And I do recommend going into the museum (for a fee).

Amazing exposition of Forma Urbis, with maps and authentic pieces mixed together. A very well done video.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I'm glad you appreciate this ancient artwork and history. also I want to thank you for showing us this beautiful place, if it wasn't for content like this I don't think I'd ever know it existed. ❤ With love and respect from Anaheim California USA 🇺🇸

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Lots more on the way - as I’m living Ancient Rome every day! ✌️

This sounds like a fascinating experience. My spouse and I are talking about another trip to Rome- and we would love to see this.

Sir I met you in the Capitoline Museum the other day and really appreciated you taking the time to speak to me. You are a class act.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

I’m always happy to say hi. You said hello first! Glad to have met you. Hope you had a great trip! Do check out KZread @ancientromelive for more on Ancient Rome

Been in Rome 4 times and already planning the fifth , but each and every time i find something new in this marvelous city. I am a lover of antiquities and every piece of marble or tuff or travertine tells you a secret about the grandeur of Rome. So happy for this new museum, was wanting for many years to see the Forma Urbis in person, cant wait to visit. Thank you Darius for your videos , very informative and helpful content!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! You will love it!

Imagine walking in from one of the remote provinces and seeing something like that in ancient times. It's still impressive to this day.

I am happy that antiquarium becoms really a museum, When I visited Rome this area was carefully closed, with with - as it seemed to me - a piles of stones,

Great. Will go here next time I am in Rome.

Was there on Jan. 12th. I really enjoyed this site. Well worth the walk over from either Circus Maximus or the coliseum

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Especially with the sunny weather!

The Romans were truly something special

Just to thank you, Darius! The archeological Park is definitely worthwhile visiting and I am really glad having done so today in Rome. Without having seen your explanations of the artifacts, though, the park is very difficult to understand: the descriptions are very scarse and sparse. For example, there is nothing indicating that you are standing in front of parts of Galba's tomb, or that the three Pomerium Cippi are just in front of you. So, thank you again Darius: without your explanations I would have never been able to fully understand what I was seeing!

@DariusArya

4 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you so much Darius for all your great information and your enthusiasm 👍

@DariusArya

4 ай бұрын

thank you

Will be in Rome in late February, can't wait to see this!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it is a GREAT site. You can spend a nice bit of time strolling through the park and then marveling at the fragments of the plan. Truly fantastic that it's all finally open!

from a roman living abroad, grazie!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure!!

My favorite historian from Rome Italy... Watching from NYC South Bronx 😎

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Thank you Darius!

@DariusArya

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you 💪🏼💪🏼

Truly stunning. It is very special indeed that so much has survived. Where I live, 1,000 years ago, the hand of man had never set foot! :P My city was founded in the mid 1860s.

Nothing makes my day like a new video by this channel!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Wow- thanks!

I love the outdoor vibe-tranquil in busy Rome! And it’s free!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Yes- love this space!

Great Darius! Thanks a lot. There has been so many new places, that you have been showing us, to visit in Rome since my 10 weeks there 2022, so I will have to take a couple of days there in spring(before the massive tourist invasion) to catch up!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Yea a lot has happened in 2022. You will enjoy the new sites!

Great.

First I heard of the Forma Urbis was through the engravings of Piranesi. It is fantastic to be able to see that full size presentation of the actual fragments. Have all of them been identified? I am hoping some might yet reappear, maybe having been reused in a renaissance construction!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

as per video - only 10% has survived- and only a few hundred have been successfully pieced together... There is an online database of all fragments as well. Yes, even in recent times a few more fragments have been discovered!

Thank you so much for this terrific video on the latest architectural displays & history of Rome. You meld the ancient and contemporary Rome with such ease.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Another gem to go and see next time I'm there. Thanks.

All your videos are amazing. Can you make video about museums, tickets, ticket price, free days, what to see in Rome? Something like tourist book for Rome geek like we are.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

thanks a lot. I'm currently not interested in that kind of video- most of that is easily found online-

Simply fantastic!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

Incredible!

Thanks again. I never heard of the park and this huge map, and that's what I like about your presentations. Always something new.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure! It’s a key document from imperial Rome. Good to know it!

Thanks Darius! Another couple of must visit sites! Love this channel.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Darius, your namesake greets you from Argentina. As always, a pleasure to appreciate such a good channel dedicated to the history of Rome.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you Darius! The ancient map in stone is incredible, and even more incredible is that enough of ot survived so it could be reconstructed. You really know your stuff! 💖

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

We are so lucky to have 10%!!

@muscledavis5434

5 ай бұрын

​​@@DariusArya and how much these 10 % alone have helped us in reconstructing the cityscape or details of some buildings is just incredible! Is this a temporary exhibition or a regular one?

I will defenetely add it to my bucket list.

So glad you put this on - we were wondering what this was about! Plan to see this next month! See you soon…Leslie and Tim

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Cool! You will love it!

I always enjoy your Videos Darius. Thanks to sharing to the ancient roman community.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! You won't believe where we go next! (And we sure to keep up with @ancientromelive as well!)

Wonderful, thanks for sharing.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

I can’t rave enough about all of the new places to learn about Ancient Rome.

Thank you so much, visiting in June and can’t wait to see this!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Astonishing light of the sky on the eternal city....in a mild winter day...

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

It was a great afternoon. Raining at the moment but still quite warm

Well done, Darius! Wish I were there....

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

It’s truly amazing to see it!!

thanks

Urbis per Orbe!

I cannot wait to see this in person. Has anyone written a detailed guide to the park so that visitors know the importance, history of what you are looking at? Thank you for the video. Well, done.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

There is a guide book you can purchase on site.

When I was a grad student I had to mark Latin vocabulary quizzes. One of the words one day was 'pomerium' and nobody could remember what it meant. Most of the students left it blank but one said 'a small dog like in The Big Lebowski'. Sadly, the professor would not let me give him a point for making me laugh.

@DariusArya

4 ай бұрын

HAHA- love the pomerium. Thanks for sharing!

I have said this before, but say it again: your educational videos are priceless, because they are more than just up-to-date, but up-to-the-minute material. Thank YOU Darius. Excellent. I have a practical question for you: did the average Roman really believe in those emperors making themselves "gods", who built temples for people to pretend they are worshipping them? It sounds more like a political farce than a religious lore

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! There have been some recent books on “belief” in the ancient world worth looking at (e.g., J Mackey)- but there’s def a range between pro- forma and engaged audience who truly venerated these elevated individuals…

Great vid. Excited to see what future excavations uncover. Perhaps it will reveal an Etruscan history that's been hidden by the mythological imperialism committed by the Greeks.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Thank you.

So informative - thank you again! Since the archeological park is so new where exactly is it (since Google maps hasn't caught up yet)? Caelian Hill is of course on the map, but not the park. TY

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

It’s just off the Clivus Scaurus - by SS Giovanni e Paolo

@artmann7684

5 ай бұрын

@@DariusArya Many thanks. Found it!

@artmann7684

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!@@DariusArya

Darius, I'm getting to know you better than my family. But that's okay, you're more interesting!

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

non si capisce perchè non sia stata utilizzata come planimetria di base la pianta della forma urbis di rodolfo lanciani che è molto più esplicativa sui monumenti di roma antica; mentre la pianta del nolli mette in evidenza solo la citta barocca e le poche emergenze antiche all'epoca visibili. la pianta marmorea è stata concepita per essere letta in posizione verticale. bisognava trovare un sito che permettesse tale visione. visitando la mostra si è attratti molto di più dalla pianta del nolli anzichè dai frammenti marmorei che tra l'altro risultano troppo affossati rispetto al calpestio. inoltre non vi è una luce radente che consenta una buona lettura delle incisioni.

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

Si sicuramente e’ stato una scelta soggettiva… anche quelli di Lanciani non e’ male… da anni si e’ detto sarebbe un allestimento su muro (come allestito nel passato nei musei capitolini)… ma alla fine pare che hanno deciso per terra così e’ possibile vederli meglio… dunque io spero che presto sarà obbligatorio indossare calzini come nelle sale nel MANN per conservare i pavimenti antichi…

What does Caelian mean?..

@ciaotiziocaius4899

5 ай бұрын

It's the name of the hill Celio in italian

@ciaotiziocaius4899

5 ай бұрын

It's the name of the hill Celio in italian

@ciaotiziocaius4899

5 ай бұрын

It's the name of the hill Celio in italian

@ciaotiziocaius4899

5 ай бұрын

It's the name of the hill Celio in italian

@ciaotiziocaius4899

5 ай бұрын

It's the name of the hill Celio in italian

But is it pleasant? ;)

How will they stop vandalism?

@DariusArya

5 ай бұрын

If you mean of ancient ruins, the answer is constant vigilance. The park that just opened is free to all to access during the day. There are security guards on site... The park is locked up at night.

@RTD3

5 ай бұрын

Fortunately, Italy is not the US.

@scummymummy2548

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. It's way safer where it is than it would be in the US. It's got more sentimental value among the people in that area than it would here in the states. When we see ancient artifacts (in the US) we think dollars, but I bet when they see it they think ancestry and respect.

@theoldar

5 ай бұрын

@@DariusArya Thank you. That's what I was hoping. I was in Herculaneum once and watched a woman try to pick tesserae out of the floor in the House of the Wooden Screen. I cleared my throat loudly and she stopped.

@theoldar

5 ай бұрын

@@scummymummy2548 Sadly there is plenty of modern graffiti on the walls in Pompeii. It's a universal phenomenon.

Too much face time.