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So Arles was certainly up there as one of the biggestRoman cities in Gaul

So Arles was certainly up there as one of the biggest
Roman cities in Gaul

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So Arles was certainly up there
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as one of the biggest Roman cities in Gaul.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:54
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history

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50 BC: Julius Cesar reigned supreme over Gaul. But this was no simple military conquest. Rome wanted to spread its greatness, bringing civilization to the defeated barbarians now part of the Empire. Rome's new territory was transf...
S01 • E01 And it's also the only provincial city, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
And it's also the only provincial city,
S01 • E03 For this, Roman surveyors used a chorobates, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
For this, Roman surveyors used a chorobates,
S01 • E01 Were the Fishbones used to protect the stock of coins - Roman Megastructures 00:07
Were the Fishbones used to protect the stock of coins
S01 • E01 The only certainty is that they were connected to the Rhone river, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
The only certainty is that they were connected to the Rhone ...
S01 • E03 If it doesn't overflow, then the chorobates - Roman Megastructures 00:05
If it doesn't overflow, then the chorobates
S01 • E02 Like Rome, its model, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
Like Rome, its model,
S01 • E03 The user then simply aims the tool and determines the height - Roman Megastructures 00:06
The user then simply aims the tool and determines the height
S01 • E02 In 260 AD, the city went up in flames - Roman Megastructures 00:07
In 260 AD, the city went up in flames
S01 • E03 The route of the Lutetia aqueduct was thus traced - Roman Megastructures 00:07
The route of the Lutetia aqueduct was thus traced
S01 • E02 Like elsewhere in Gaul, - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Like elsewhere in Gaul,
S01 • E03 But the engineers encountered a problem - - Roman Megastructures 00:10
But the engineers encountered a problem -
S01 • E01 While struggling to find the reason behind the Fishbones, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
While struggling to find the reason behind the Fishbones,
S01 • E03 ..an obstacle that the Romans crossed with an aqueduct bridge, - Roman Megastructures 00:13
..an obstacle that the Romans crossed with an aqueduct bridg...
S01 • E02 Some archaeological remains still bear the traces of this trauma. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Some archaeological remains still bear the traces of this tr...
S01 • E01 These fingerprints left by a child, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
These fingerprints left by a child,
S01 • E01 How many men did it take to build this gigantic underground structure, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
How many men did it take to build this gigantic underground ...
S01 • E03 An edifice which made way for the Medici Aqueduct - Roman Megastructures 00:11
An edifice which made way for the Medici Aqueduct
S01 • E02 Unlike its neighbours, Nimes and Avignon, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
Unlike its neighbours, Nimes and Avignon,
S01 • E01 History cannot tell us, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
History cannot tell us,
S01 • E02 Once again, thanks to one of the most emblematic emperors of Rome. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
Once again, thanks to one of the most emblematic emperors of...