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The Roman Urban Planning: Accommodating a Million Inhabitants in Ancient Rome

Explore the innovative urban planning of ancient Rome, designed to house over a million residents. Discover the history of the first apartment buildings, towering five to six stories high, and the absence of street addresses. Delve into the significance of the Forum as the civic center and the emergence of early shopping malls. Learn about Rome's grand architectural feats, including public baths, the Hippodrome for chariot races, the Colosseum for gladiatorial combats, and staged hunts, all intertwined with social and political necessity.

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The Roman Urban Planning: Accommodating a Million Inhabitants in Ancient Rome

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  1. The Roman Masses

  2. Roman Urban Planning • City must accommodate 1 million + inhabitants • History’s first apartment houses – 5 or 6 stories • No street addresses

  3. FORUM – civic center [replaces agora concept] • first shopping malls?

  4. Roman Mass Entertainment Political / Social Necessity ROME • Rome’s largest architectural structures • PUBLIC BATHS – huge scale

  5. HIPPODROME – Chariot Races

  6. SPECTACLES – Colosseum first private, then State sponsored

  7. Gladiators • mortal combat

  8. Staged Hunts – species extinction

  9. Naval Engagements – use plumbing to flood Colosseum

  10. Mythological Enactments – • with actual deaths of the condemned • Sparsio – • “coupons” to for the Plebeians

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