skel Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 weve all heard that saying... but my question is, how long did it actually take? what i mean is, when was the city first established and how long did it take them to actually build it up to what is generally shown as rome in all those crazy movies nstuff? know what im askin??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Well tradition suggests that Rome was founded as a city in 753 BC, even though there is archaeological evidence to support an earlier founding. Still assuming 753 BC is semi accurate, Rome went through many phases of construction. Some of the most massive building projects relate entirely to the breakdown of the Republican system. As the Republic started to crumble, the great imperators, and other political hopefuls, used public works improvements to increase their influence and popularity. Suetonius quoted Augustus as saying 'that he found Rome a city of brick, and left it a city of marble.' Augustus and the Empire. Massive building projects continued throughout the imperial period. Some example: The Colosseum by Vespasian and Titus, 70's-80's AD Arch of Titus 81 AD The Markets of Trajan 100 - 112 AD Trajan's Column The Pantheon rebuilt by Hadrian 120's AD The Temple of Venus under Hadrian 120's - 130's AD Arch of Severus 205 AD Baths of Caracalla 212 AD Essentially to answer your question... aside from the Colosseum, it would generally take until the era of Caesar and Augustus to get to the Rome we know from the movies. So approximately 700 to 750 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 You could also look at the construction of the walls, each walls location indicated the boundaries, or extent of the city at the time the wall was built. I believe the first wall was the Servian Wall constructed after Allia. Try google, or this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Roughly 750 years - hence the expression - Rome was not built in a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentium Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Nerdy fact @_@ lol : the oldest monument in the forum is the column of the Byzantine Emperor Foca (608 A.D.) though the body of the column was stolen from a piece of the II century A.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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