Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What Roman apartments looked like - and how much it cost to rent them.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Good and bad apartments
1:49 The insulae of Ostia
2:41 Helix
4:07 The Garden Houses
4:56 Decoration
5:25 Amenities
5:57 Owning and renting
6:41 Rent prices
7:36 Fire and other hazards
8:42 The last insulae