The multimedia tour, overseen by officials of Rome Province, was conceived by Piero Angela, a prominent journalist and the host of popular television programs about science on the state broadcasting network RAI. It is the first multimedia initiative of this kind at an archaeological site in Italy.
The narrator explains that congested traffic on the capital’s narrow streets was an issue then, just as it is in today’s Rome , and prime downtown real estate was every bit as sought after as it is now.
