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Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally

Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Italian authorities will officiate the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project based at the University of Virginia and begun at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to use advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome. The event will take place at 2 p.m. in the Palazzo Senatorio on the Campidoglio. An international team of archaeologists, architects and computer specialists from Italy, the United States, Britain and Germany employed the same high-tech tools used for simulating contemporary cities such as laser scanners and virtual reality to build the biggest, most complete simulation of an historic city ever created. “Rome Reborn 1.0" shows almost the entire city within the 13-mile-long Aurelian Walls as it appeared in A.D. 320. At that time Rome was the multicultural capital of the western world and had reached the peak of its development with an estimated population of one million.

Source: Press Release, University of Virginia, 11 June 2007

The project is not entirely new as a similar objective has been attempted by the University of Caen (France) based in the nearly 70 m² model of the architect Paul Bigot (1870-1942).

Read more:
Rome Reborn 1.0

International Team Rebuilds Ancient Rome Digitally

Le Plan de Rome - University of Caen (in English and French)

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