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2.7 Lanciani and the Disappearance of Ancient Rome
Get Ready for Rome
English - June 16, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 18.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture rome colosseum eternalcity sistinechapel stpetersbasilica Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The difficulty of seeing Ancient Rome is that not much of it exists. The distinguished archeologist Rodolfo Lanciani documents this, and today we compare his ways of explaining its disappearance with those of Edward Gibbon.