This is fantastic and will solve much frustration of context. In my 50 years of study and love for Ancient Rome this is really exciting. Thanks Darius

Thanks again for the wonderfull video :) Do you maybe know if there will be a extra entrance to the forum from the side of the Circus Maximus? Crowd control can be hard, but who knows

You filmed the wrong side of the excavation at Michaelerplatz! There are absolutely Roman ruins to be seen in that hole, but the bit you decided to show in the video was an 18th century building. There are ruins from three periods visible in that place: Roman ruins, including a small bit of a mural beneath a plexiglass cover, a massive 13th century wall, and parts of a multistorey building from the late 18th century. There's also a modern sewer cutting through the ruins that's covered with a metal dome, and a disused 19th century sewer that's partially exposed.

Vienna was an old settlement when the Romans invaded. In this area, flintstone production was already at 5500 BC.

Hi Mr man you are spoiling the video one want to see there new discovery not you face you are a kind man go back and refill this just walk around film then after that add your voice please think we want to see this wonderful city please re do this video thank you for for trying

New drinking game - take a shot every time he says "Domus Tiberiana"............. :)

How many decades will this take to implement? And when will the bureaucrats take over and hinder the completion???!!!!

Just got a new computer this afternoon, and your video was the first one I watched. Always something of quality to learn and see in your videos. Something old, something new makes for a great learning experience!

That was the Danube canal. the Danube is much bigger

Always very informative thank you Darius 👌

Consiglio ai turisti di ammirare le sculture frontonali del tempio di Apollo Sosiano esposte nel Museo della Centrale Montemartini. Bel video!

Considero la FANCIULLA DI ANZIO la più bella statua del periodo ellenistico giunta fino a noi perché è immune dagli eccessivi restauri che caratterizzano la Nike di Samotracia e la Venere di Milo. Grazie per il video.

Much respect to the authorities/residents for this magnificent project. Meanwhile back in the money-is-god USA, in Miami a building project has uncovered a 7000-year-old site w/ loads of features & artifacts, including graves. Archeologists are scrambling to get as much as possible done to learn about this little-known, very early culture, with the developer breathing down their necks & no way to stop the construction/destruction. Shameful.

From what can be understood from the winning project, what leaves many perplexities is not the "urban planning" vision but the proposed architectural solutions: "lining" Via dei Fori from Colle Oppio to Piazza Venezia with "glued wood" (sic!) it may be "eco" and "green"... but in terms of maintenance, safety and durability it seems to allude to a Middle Ages or an "ephemeral" unsuitable for these places

It would be absolutely wonderful if the whole of the historic part of Rome were pedestrian but I doubt if this would be possible as the area also hosts a lot of Italy's governmental and judicial establishments. But one can only hope!

What an awesome project. This will be a magnificent addition to Rome. Thanks Darius

1:50 your face is white as a ghost, are you okay?

This is so cool. I'm having trouble with picking my jaw up from the floor.

always sunny in Roma!

Che bello!

Danke❤freu mich wieder Eines ihrer tollen Videos zu sehen,, sie machen das einfach toll❤

Vindobona was no "Roman city" ...a castrum is no "city" but just a military outpost/Fort (the small settlement around the Fort was basically just foremost their entourage providing civil goods + amusements for the in the Fort stationed Roman soldiers + some few Celtic settlers who were already there way before the Romans took over that area) Although Vindobona had extremly high strategic value for protecting the way towards "the actual Roman city" of that area which was located just 40km further east along the River Danube named "Carnuntum" which was a "colonia" = "a city" with temples + Amphitheatre and all that jazz and had over 50 thousand inhabitants + was the military high command + civil magistrat for that whole area including the castrum Vindobona. In Carnuntum were stationed the Roman Danube fleet + a whole Legion + auxillery (cavalery) and it was the actual base of military operation for the whole province.

Wow, guess I need to brush up on my other Roman landmarks with this expansion! I’ve been exclusively consumed with the Colomsseum for years (can you blame me?) Thanks again for the new information Darius!

What an inviting project.

Visitors to the ancient forum area can better appreciate what it would have looked like to realize only three percent remains of what existed in antiquity. Between fires, earthquakes, and depopulation the effort to rebuild was simply too great. While it is very unlikely to occur, the rebuilding of the basilica of Maxentius would be a breathtaking construction. A living museum as it originally looked, as a taste of how Romans saw their city, would captivate the public imagination.

So great to see this! I can't wait to get back this Fall. The archaeology going on in Italy right now is amazing! I'm hoping one day to get my PhD - so this is very inspiring to me! 🧡

Via dei fori imperiale shouldn’t exist, period.

it's so empty! is that because of COVID or is it genrally always empty?

Thank you Darius, this is very useful information. I have a question I hope you can answer. My family and I are going to be there this October and wonder if we will be able to walk through there and see the Forum while this work is being undertaken. I am really hoping so, it is a long way from Australia, not being able to finally see it would be beyond disappointing.

Overall it looks like a good project... good idea at least... but the aesthetics are terrible... currently there are cobblestones and stone barriers, etc... they are going to use wooden slat walkway like an American style beach boardwalk... it won't feel like Rome... it will feel like a tourist trap... modernist cultures globalist design will steal the soul of any place... they really should have tried to make it seem Italian with it's design....

Thank you Darius, great film! The Roman authorities should shut the road, dig it all up and THEN have the bridge over the ruins!

Time 9:14, the map you are using shows the entire footprint of the Aventine side of the Circus Maximus. Does that imply there is a plan to fully excavate that footprint?

Great to see that this project is moving forward and hope to one day see the completed efforts!!

Maecenas seems like he would have been a blast to drink with.

I was waiting for your video about this project, I like the project, I saw all the proposals that were finalists and definitely chose the best one, I hope everything goes well and the chosen materials look harmonious with the city.

Looks like we'll hold off till the path is set and there are vibrant new digs to all sides of it! Thank you!

Great.

Fingers crossed that everything is done well and in time! I hope that once the subway station in Piazza Venezia is completed the whole complex will allow visitors and romans to enjoy the core of ancient Rome in a more comfortable way. Such important relics deserve that. As a roman citizen I look forward to the day when i am not ashamed any longer of the way we present the beauties of our city which belong to the entire world.

Very beautiful project, thanks for the video

Trajan's forum.

As great as this project is, I'm afraid the path will be coopted by tour groups taking advantage of it for profit to the detriment of all other visitors. I'm normally an optimist and I hope I'm wrong, but this looks too apparent. Maybe rules can be put in place ahead of time to prevent this type of abuse from happening.

This is incredible, making Rome even more enjoyable!

They projected the Roman Empire on the Curia Julia at night I saw. And I was like yes! All decisions in the entire Empire were made there. Especially in the republican era.

Thank you Doc. Are they finaly removing Via Fori Imperiali that Mussolini built over all that Roman ruins, or just narrowing it, but keeping it?

My languague is portuguese

Absolutely Brilliant news!!! Thank you for sharing and taking us round 👍 As usual brilliantly presented 👍

I'm sory because trying to Wright in italian but is difficult

Che cosa magnifica fare questo maestro Dario. Vorrei stare in Roma i guardare tutti cosa.

Excellent video Darius and fantastic plans by the authorities to make Via Dei Fori Imperiali an actual experience with piazzas and overlooks instead of just a pathway to the Colosseum.

Thanks for the updates on all projects. Getting rid of some plantings, but keeping some trees. Were trees part of the original forums?