Visit the lost Roman city Aquinum
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- Aquinum is a Roman town that was virtually lost, until the recent excavations begun in 2009! A series of monuments were always partially visible, but the knowledge of the extent of this sizable town (over 200 acres) has been recovered by the University of Salento, led by archaeologist Professor Giuseppe Ceraudo. The excavations continue today- and the site is open to the public. Go to www.visitcastrocielo.it for more details.
On the occasion of the 2020 excavation season, which included a new examination of the underground hydraulic systems by Roma Sotterranea (director Adriano Morabito), the Ancient Rome Live team, hosted by @DariusArya, was allowed special access to the ongoing work. Here is an opportunity to learn about this important site, half way between Rome and Capua. We will take a look at the extensive baths, roads, temple, theater, porticoes, and more!
0:00 Introduction and excavation project
0:31 The city's foundation and early history along the via Latina
1:03 Imperial and Late Antique history of Aquinum
1:33 The 2020 excavation season, with Roma Sotterranea
2:50 Temple of Diana
3:13 Roman Theater
4:40 Exciting new discovery of Roman portraits!
5:00 More details about the theater- size and velarium awning
5:46 Roads and drainage discoveries with Roma Sotterranea
6:46 Introduction to the Roman baths
7:22 Portico surrounding the palestra
8:17 Looking at the conservation work- the roof coverings
8:57 The baths of the men with mosaics
9:40 the forica- Roman latrine with unique mosaic
10:00 Walking to the facilities for women
10:19 The baths of the women with mosaics
12:20 The sprawling site of Aquinum and the didactic museum on site
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The Roman civilisation would probably have to take the prize of the greatest contributor to lifting the quality of human civilisation in the world , naturally along with Greece as well , the two go hand in hand .
It amazes me that there are still magnificent works of art being discovered in the modern day. The mosaic discoveries are just incredible! They still survive and are waiting to be revealed.
So much more to discover !!!
Truly amazing, I'm speechless. Congratulations.
Imagine if we could trace back all the spoiled materials and sculptures from the original sites..
Totally agree. We will go back for an update in 2023!
I had no idea.
Have to go and visit.
Thanks.
It's a place to visit - near Cassino.
What an exciting project of rediscovery.
We plan on a return trip in 2023!
Fantastic! 👍
thank you!
Cei mai mari și mai talentați constructori,au fost romanii!
Thank you Darius, you are giving us access to so many Roman treasures, it is delightful to go with you in this journey of discovery and new understanding of the magnitude of the Roman Empire. Really thank you!
It’s our pleasure - a real group effort. If you check out our video playlist section - we have a whole list of excavation sites that we have explored
Incredible and so interesting! The St. Thomas Aquinas connection is such a delightful surprise! Thanks!
What a lovely site. We are happy to have visited a number of times. Great team, great work. It was a pleasure to share. We hope that this video will draw attention to the site!
@@AncientRomeLive Your youtube channel is terrific! It would be so fun to go on a tour with you as a guide.
The more I learn, the more also I realize how little I really know! Another site I never had a clue about.
It's a lot of fun to see an active dig site. They have a lot more to discover. A great team!
the mosaic floor in the latrina occidentale might be the greatest thing ive ever seen
More original content on the way
Thank you for the presentation. #SPQR
Thanks and please see our hundreds of videos! Start with Via Appia 👋
This man have a great passion. Thank you
Thank you too!
@@AncientRomeLive really. A student must be honored to have a teacher like you.
@@thais1964 Thank you! A team effort to make these videos!
Thank you Darius, for introducing these "unknown" Roman places to us, including the archaeological remains and digs. Excellent. Thank you. I hope you show us more of these places, and also if new work takes place there. A question for you: you show the marble columns that were about to be sold for recycling and reuse. That was a lucrative work. But what about the concrete walls? Was there any use for them in "recycling"? I always wondered since so much of thinner walls are gone.
Great video on a very interesting subject. This is where we are from.
Nice- it's a great part of the country!
La mia Ciociaria!💓
yes!
Interesting, educational and amazing channel, I am bingewatching it in my spare time currently. Your channel has so many videos about lesser known Roman cities, ruins and other remains I never heard about before, like this one.
I liked your series about the Via Appia a lot! there is still so much left to see!
Anyway, the reason I wanted to leave a comment : -> I once visited Toulouse. A really beautiful city, with some ancient roman ruins itself. I was wandering rather aimlessly in the city, enjoying the sights and happened on an ancient, shabby looking church there. Nothing special on the outside, but a nice small garden in romanesque style. I went inside and to my big surprise, it contained the remains of Thomas of Aquino under the altar!
If it's really him, I don't know. But as you mentioned him, It came back to my mind.
Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting. It's great to make so many connections. And we definitely want to cover Roman Empire- more than just Rome- but connected to Rome!
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Grazie!
Hi Darius, again a great job ! Interesting, I haven't been there yet. If you are talking about the ANCIENT VIA LATINA, I would recommend you to have a look to the excavated part of the ancient via latina in the park of the acqueducts located parallel to the Via Tuscolana and if you haven't seen it yet, a part of the ancient Via Latina next to the Arco di Travertino (near to the metro and bus station) with its tombs on both sides and an eventual house and workshop of an undertaker.... where it starts and where this part of the street finishes, makes me really sad... because modern roman streetplanners destroyed it to build over and on the other end..illegal small factory halls and houses as well are directly constructed on its continuation, but fortunately this part is well preserverd.
Yes, we know it - should do a video of it in the future.
Amazing.
Thank you! Cheers!
merci
👏👏👏👏
I would like to go here in fall
How did they figure out which were the men's and women's facilities?
I'm not an archaeologist. How do you go about excavating, and knowing what loose pieces go where? If it were me excavating this, I wouldn't know where to start, and I'd end up destroying it. :(
You can always volunteer on a dig (worldwide) to get the experience. There is a lot of work to select a site. Nowadays, ground penetrating radar and other tech are used to have a clearer picture before excavating.. Records of the various strata are meticulously kept (photos, drawings, scanning) along with the finds. There is plenty of info online once you start to google search.We plan to share a series on the process. You can already see our videos on live digs (Palatine, Gabii, and others in our CZcams channel).
@@AncientRomeLive I work full-time, lol. No volunteering for me. But it is interesting. Yes, that would be great if you were to put together a series on how archaeology works.
Ad Aquino c'è un arco romano bellissimo it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arco_di_Marcantonio
Si, torniamo ad Aquino - per più' video!
A nauseating 30fps slideshow. :(
60fps ONLY please!
Surprising to see the supports for the new roofing over the baths resting right on top of the ancient walls. Since the archaeologists & preservationists are the professionals I acquiesce to their learned abilities on that point. The other aspect of this is that they have the confidence the ancient walls can support that weight.
Yea that’s from a proper assessment of the remains.