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Why did the Romans want to give this facade such monumentality?
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Why did the Romans want to givethis facade such monumentality?

Why did the Romans want to give
this facade such monumentality?

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Why did the Romans want to give this facade such monumentality?
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00:36:07
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May 08, 2025
Season
1
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3
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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 • E03 The answer could lay in this fountain, which was seen - Roman Megastructures 00:06
The answer could lay in this fountain, which was seen
S01 • E03 So the Cluny baths may have been financed by the Emperor Hadrian, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
So the Cluny baths may have been financed by the Emperor Had...
S01 • E03 ..proof that in less than two centuries, Lutetia had become - Roman Megastructures 00:06
..proof that in less than two centuries, Lutetia had become
S01 • E02 Although the city's first signs of wealth date back - Roman Megastructures 00:11
Although the city's first signs of wealth date back
S01 • E03 Because it had in abundance another crucial asset for the growth - Roman Megastructures 00:06
Because it had in abundance another crucial asset for the gr...
S01 • E02 With city walls, a forum, a theatre, - Roman Megastructures 00:10
With city walls, a forum, a theatre,
S01 • E01 Heavy materials like those used in the Lyon mint, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
Heavy materials like those used in the Lyon mint,
S01 • E03 An aqueduct which took its source 15km from Lutetia, at Rungis. - Roman Megastructures 00:06
An aqueduct which took its source 15km from Lutetia, at Rung...
S01 • E02 We can make guesses about the population, for example. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
We can make guesses about the population, for example.
S01 • E02 If I would to say 40,000, that's figure bandied about, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
If I would to say 40,000, that's figure bandied about,
S01 • E03 A small valley with clear water and a height of 64 metres. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
A small valley with clear water and a height of 64 metres.
S01 • E02 But that would one of the biggest Roman cities in Gaul. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
But that would one of the biggest Roman cities in Gaul.
S01 • E03 Well, the idea is that the aqueduct - Roman Megastructures 00:07
Well, the idea is that the aqueduct
S01 • E01 To protect this mint, Lyon was sent an elite force of 500 men, - Roman Megastructures 00:08
To protect this mint, Lyon was sent an elite force of 500 me...
S01 • E02 Because, if you take Lyon, for example, again, with another - Roman Megastructures 00:09
Because, if you take Lyon, for example, again, with another
S01 • E03 And so what you want is to have a very gentle slope, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
And so what you want is to have a very gentle slope,
S01 • E01 Lyon's importance is very much emphasised - Roman Megastructures 00:09
Lyon's importance is very much emphasised
S01 • E03 And it's been calculated at one millimetre per metre. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
And it's been calculated at one millimetre per metre.
S01 • E02 Nimes, again, maybe between 30,000 and 40,000. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
Nimes, again, maybe between 30,000 and 40,000.
S01 • E03 So the trick was to actually create a channel - Roman Megastructures 00:08
So the trick was to actually create a channel