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In this programme Ostia, the ancient port of Rome, is used as an example of Roman town planning and architecture. The ground plan of the city is explained, and then various categories of buildings ...and spaces are examined in detail, with reference to their construction and function - shops, houses, warehouses, insulae, temples, baths, the Forum and the theatre.
In this programme Ostia, the ancient port of Rome, is used as an example of Roman town planning and architecture. The ground plan of the city is explained, and then various categories of buildings ...and spaces are examined in detail, with reference to their construction and function - shops, houses, warehouses, insulae, temples, baths, the Forum and the theatre.
| Module code and title: | A293, Rome: the Augustan age |
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| Item code: | A293; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 14-06-1982 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:35 |
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| Producer: | Peter Walton |
| Contributor: | Colin Cunningham |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Architecture; Augustus; Ostia; Town planning |
| Production number: | FOUA111T |
| Videofinder number: | 2564 |
| Available to public: | no |
