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Year of foundation of Rome - how many years is the city really?

Everyone knows that the traditional founding date of RomeRomulus and Remus - April 21, 753 BCHowever, a new study indicates that Rome is much older. Archaeologists claim that they found evidence that in the capital of Italy there was some kind of infrastructure, which was distributed at least 100 years before the founding of Rome.

How many years have passed since the foundation of Rome?

Patrizia Fortini, a leading archaeologist during the excavation of the Roman Forum (Foro Romanum), claims that the technology used to build the walls of ancient structures in the Eternal City was most popular in those days when the construction of Rome was not discussed. The wall discovered by archaeologists was built using volcanic tuff, which allowed groundwater under the Capitol to flow freely into the Spino River, a tributary of the Tiber. Near the building, archaeologists found fragments of ceramic dishes and the remains of food.

“We needed to conduct a thorough study of the ceramic material, which allowed us to approximately determine the date of construction of the wall. We assume that it was erected between the 9th and the beginning of the 8th century BC, ” - says Fortini. Scientists already know that Rome was settled gradually and that the date of its foundation, April 21, 753, arose from the discovered writings of a certain author. Recent findings and discoveries indicate that the first settlers came to Rome around the 10th century BC. - This means that the city is at least 3000 years old!

The Black Stone, a square surface of black marble located at the Roman Forum, is located near the Arc de Triomphe of the Sepitimius Severo (Arco di Settimio Severo), a famous monument built in the very center of the forum as early as 203 CE.

Many historians believe that it was under this stone that one of the founders of the city, Romulus, was buried.

Archaeologists have been excavating here since 2009, using some of the surviving photographs, images and other materials inherited from scientists who previously explored this place. So, archaeologists initially worked here under the leadership of Giacomo Boni, who headed the excavations of the Forum from 1899 until his death in 1925.

According to photographs taken at this site, Fortini and her team created a 3D model of the Forum, and also used laser scanners and high-quality images to find the very wall that the archaeologist called the "first building" in the city.

The Roman Forum was originally the most important square of the empire and Rome, in ancient times there was a regular market. Today, this is one of the most popular attractions of the Eternal City, which tourists visit daily. The prospect of circumventing all the ruins under the scorching Italian sun does not scare the guests of the city who want to be photographed here against the backdrop of ancient buildings, where the rumble of the voices of the ancient Romans is still “heard”.

Watch the video: The Origins Of Rome - Early Settlements, Iron Age, Development (November 2024).

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