January 1, 2015 • 4m
Archaeologist Dr. Darius Arya tells us that Emperor Augustus declared peace throughout the Roman Empire and commissions the Ara Pa...Read more
January 8, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Darius Arya explains how the Roman Baths functioned with radiant heating and recounts the importance of the Roman Baths in the...Read more
January 15, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Darius Arya, archaeologist, tells us that one of Rome's oldest monuments, the Circus, was the biggest sporting venue in the an...Read more
January 22, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Darius Arya, tells us that Nero confiscated the site of the Colosseum to build his Golden House. The Flavian Emperors took the...Read more
January 29, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Darius Arya offers an account of the Senate and how it burnt down several times. He explains how much of the ancient city was ...Read more
February 5, 2015 • 2m
Archaeologist, Dr. Darius Arya, recounts that after the great fire of 64 AD, Emperor Nero took a third of the city to build his Go...Read more
February 12, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Arya discusses when and why the Forum of Augustus was constructed. It became the model for all other forums created after it. ...Read more
February 19, 2015 • 4m
The Forum of Peace housed the Forma Urbis. The Forma Urbis was an extremely detailed map of the ancient city. It is the basis for ...Read more
February 26, 2015 • 4m
Dr., Darius Arya tells us that Emperor Trajan commissioned an enormous hexagonal port at Ostia to bring goods to Rome. The constru...Read more
March 5, 2015 • 4m
Ostia Antica started as a fort near the sea along the Tiber River, but as Dr. Arya tell us, it grew to a large city supplying Rome...Read more
March 12, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Arya tells us the history of the Pantheon, dedicated to the pantheon of Roman Gods. Apollodorus of Damascus created the Panthe...Read more
March 19, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Darius Arya, standing in modern Piazza Navona, brings the ancient Roman athletic competition to life in this history of the St...Read more
March 26, 2015 • 4m
The Temple of Jupiter was the most important temple in the ancient city. To the Romans, this temple was a symbol of their power an...Read more
April 2, 2015 • 5m
Dr. Darius Arya explains that the Roman Forum was once the center of commercial, religious and political life. The team working on...Read more
April 9, 2015 • 4m
Dr. Darius Arya tells the fascinating story of Pompey the Great, who cleverly got around Roman law to build his Theater, a symbol ...Read more