Museum of Roman Civilization
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The Museum of the Roman Civilization (Italian "Museo della Civiltà Romana") is a museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 in Rome
Rome
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 (Esposizione Universale Roma
Esposizione Universale Roma
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 district), devoted to the aspects of the Ancient Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 civilization.

History and General Introduction

It was designed by the architects Pietro Ascheri, D. Bernardini and Cesare Pascoletti (1939-1941).
Its 59 sections illustrate the history of Roman civilization, from the origins to the 4th century, with models and reproductions, as well as original material. The premises are shared with a planetarium
Planetarium
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.

It houses, among other things:
  • a model of Archaic Rome (Room XVIII)
  • a famous scale model of ancient Rome in the age of Constantine I by Italo Gismondi
    Italo Gismondi
    Italo Gismondi was an Italian archaeologist.He entered the Amministrazione delle Antichità e Belle Arti in 1910 and was named Director of the Ostia excavations where he remained for 44 years...

     (Room XXXVII-XXXVIII): derived from the Forma Urbis Romae
    Forma Urbis Romae
    The Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and 211...

     map and integrated with archeological discoveries. This model is at a 1:250 scale and is made of plaster
    Plaster
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    . The model was begun in 1935 and completed in 1971. This model is today the most important reference for any serious attempt of reconstruction of the Ancient Rome: it has been used for the "Rome Reborn 1.0" 3D Visualization Project (B. Frischer, Director, University of Virginia; D. Favro, Associate Director, UCLA; D. Abernathy, Director of 3D Modeling, University of Virginia; G. Guidi, Director of 3D Scanning, Politecnico di Milano). Gismondi's model can be seen also in a few shots of the Movie "Gladiator" by R. Scott.
  • examples of late imperial
    Dominate
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     and early Christian art
  • a complete sequence of casts of the spiral reliefs round Trajan's Column
    Trajan's Column
    Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, which commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near...

    , arranged in horizontal rows at ground level to facilitate reading.
  • a reconstructed Roman library based on that in the Villa Adriana at Tivoli
    Tivoli, Italy
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     http://www.museolibroantico.com/en.civilta_romana.html

Structure of the Museum

There are three main different itineraries through the Rooms of the Museum:
  • The Historical sections
  • The Thematic sections
  • The Model of the Imperial Rome

The Historical Sections

  • Room V-VI: Roman legends and primitive culture - the origins of Rome
  • Room VII: The conquest of the Mediterranean
  • Room VIII: Caesar
  • Room IX: Augustus
  • Room X: Augustus’ family and the Julio-Claudian emperors
  • Room XI: The Flavians
  • Room XII: Trajan and Hadrian
  • Room XIII: The emperors from Antonius Pius to the Severans
  • Room XIV: The emperors from Macrinus to Justinian
  • Room XV: Christianity
  • Room XVI: The army
  • Room XVIII: Model of archaic Rome

The Thematic Sections

  • Room XXXVI: School
  • Room XXXIX: Living spaces
  • Room XLVI: Rights
  • Room XLVII: Libraries
  • Room XLVIII: Music
  • Room XLIX: Literature and science
  • Room L: Medicine and drugs
  • Room LI: Trajan’s Column
  • Room LII: Industry and craft
  • Room LIII: Agriculture, herding and land management
  • Room LIV: Hunting, fishing and food
  • Room LV: Commerce and economic life
  • Room LVI: Art of rome

The Model of Imperial Rome

  • Room XXXVII-XXXVIII: Model of Imperial Rome (in the age of Constantine I)

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