Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ancient Rome smelled like...well, feces. But it was also redolent of other things...
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Via Appia
1:38 Tombs and shanty towns
2:50 The Roman mob
3:27 Scentbird
5:02 The streets of Rome
6:04 Litters and ladies
7:30 A bath and a fountain
8:09 The circus and its shops
8:59 The Aventine
10:00 Forum Boarium
10:53 The Theater of Marcellus