SOSC 1740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Danube, Portus, Roman Citizenship
18 Jun 2017
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Video 2:rome revealed (2 of 8) ancient superpower (national geographic) Trojan and he owes it all to war. Trajan is the latest warrior to lead ,one he carried on a tradition whereby men bring glory to themselves and they"re sitting through conquest with the money he"s raised in plunder. Monument is constructed from 29 drums, each one weighing as much as 77 tons, it is cut from the finest white marble , a symbol of divine purity but, the column marks a dirty war. Trajan but what grabs the expertsattention is one building with a very unusual layout one thing we just stood out was this funny little grid of walls a line of room all of exactly equal size 10 by. Portus must be one of the most important archaeological sites in the world there was only one ancient. Portur"s did more than simply feeding rome it was the hub of a trade network, so complex, and so sophisticated.
