Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries

The History Of Rome's Ancient Slums | Meet The Romans (1x31)

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Professor Mary Beard descends into the city streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex and slum conditions in the world's first high-rise city. This Rome is not the marble Rome we know, but a vast, messy metropolis with little urban planning, where most Romans lived in high-rise apartment blocks with little space, light, or even sanitation.