A BITSTRATEGY EXHIBITION

ROMADIGITALIS.

THE ANCIENT WORLD, SEEN THROUGH A DIGITAL LENS.
COLLECTION I · FIVE WORKS.

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PROLOGUEPANTHEON · C. 118–128 CE

ROMA AETERNA · THE ETERNAL CITY

ROMA
DIGITALIS.

THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF CAPITAL.

THE PANTHEON · ROMA

ROMA DIGITALIS / COLLECTION IFIGURAE · I / V

THE CONQUEROR — I

Caesar.

Gaius Julius Caesar

Veni. Vidi. Vici.

I came. I saw. I conquered.

100–44 BCE · GENERAL · STATESMAN · DICTATORLed Roman campaigns in Gaul between 58 and 50 BCE. His crossing of the Rubicon in 49 BCE precipitated civil war and the collapse of republican government.

ANCIENTLY ATTESTED · ATTRIBUTEDI / V

ROMA DIGITALIS / COLLECTION IFIGURAE · II / V

THE STATESMAN — II

Cicero.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cedant arma togae.

Let arms yield to the toga.

106–43 BCE · ORATOR · CONSUL · PHILOSOPHERConsul in 63 BCE, Cicero confronted the Catilinarian conspiracy. His speeches, correspondence and philosophical writings are primary sources for the political culture of the late Roman Republic.

CICERO · IN PISONEM 73II / V

ROMA DIGITALIS / COLLECTION IFIGURAE · III / V

THE POET — III

Vergil.

Publius Vergilius Maro

Audentis fortuna iuvat.

Fortune favours the bold.

70–19 BCE · ROMAN POETAuthor of the twelve-book Aeneid, composed during the reign of Augustus. The epic follows Aeneas from Troy to Italy and connects Roman origins with myth and imperial history.

VERGIL · AENEID X.284III / V

ROMA DIGITALIS / COLLECTION IFIGURAE · IV / V

THE FIRST EMPEROR — IV

Augustus.

Imperator Caesar Augustus

Festina lente.

Make haste slowly.

63 BCE–14 CE · FIRST ROMAN EMPERORBorn Octavian, he emerged victorious from Rome’s civil wars. In 27 BCE he received the title Augustus and established the principate, Rome’s first enduring imperial system.

TRADITIONAL LATIN RENDERING · SUETONIUS, AUGUSTUS 25IV / V

ROMA DIGITALIS / COLLECTION IARCHITECTURA · V / V

THE AMPHITHEATRE — V

Colosseum.

Amphitheatrum Flavium

Roma aeterna.

The Eternal City.

INAUGURATED 80 CE · FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATREThe Flavian amphitheatre was inaugurated under Titus in 80 CE. Its elliptical arena, tiered seating and vaulted passages accommodated public spectacles, including gladiatorial combat and animal hunts.

ROME · FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATREV / V

COLLECTION I · FINIS

ROMA
DIGITALIS.

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