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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Virtual Rome is an ambitious digital model of the entire ancient city, developed by Reading Classicist Dr Matthew Nicholls.<\/p>\n

About Prof Matthew Nicholls<\/h3>\n
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The Circus Maximus, Rome’s arena for chariot racing, could hold up to a quarter of a million spectators. Here the reconstruction shows how the imperial palaces on the Palatine Hill loomed over it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prof Matthew Nicholls was Professor of Classics in the University of Reading’s Department of Classics, <\/a>\u00a0currently a Visiting Professor in the Department. He is interested in the political and social history of the Romans and the way that the built environments of Rome itself, and Roman cities around the empire, expressed their values and priorities.<\/p>\n

He also has an interest in computer modelling as a way of exploring ancient structures and bringing them to life for students, fellow researchers, and the public. His huge, detailed digital model can be used to generate images and animations of the ancient city or buildings within it from any angle, at any time of day or year.<\/p>\n