We can date this virtual reconstruction of Ancient Romequite precisely, because it features the baths of Diocletian (completed in 306) and not those of Constantine (315). Nice job, even though it’s pretty hard to imagine a population of 700,000 squeezed into those buildings… (Click images to enlarge)
Today’s Rome from about the same angle:
Source: Life of Rome via Reddit






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