New Excavations at Carsulae on the Via Flaminia [9:57]

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0:00 · today let's explore the fascinating site
0:02 · of ancient Carzela in Umbria on the
0:05 · occasion of new ongoing excavations on
0:08 · site that ancient Rome live was invited
0:10 · to observe and share it's an important
0:13 · investigation of an Umbrian town where
0:16 · one of ancient Rome's most famous roads
0:18 · the Vaflammenia
0:20 · ran right through it we're just 65 miles
0:23 · north of ancient Rome in the Umbrian
0:26 · region along the Vaflammenia which was
0:28 · Rome's great road emanating due north
0:31 · from the capital which headed all the
0:34 · way to the Adriatic and Remany i'm
0:37 · walking down the Via Flaminia
0:41 · there is one of two quadrifons arches
0:43 · that would lead you into and up the
0:46 · forum of Kulai so literally the city is
0:52 · bisected by the Vaflamia so we're
0:54 · talking about one of the most important
0:55 · roads for Romans emanating out of the
0:59 · imperial capital also in the Republican
1:02 · times this is an important road heading
1:05 · north through Umbria so we have a
1:08 · construction about 220 BC and with that
1:12 · construction you're going to have some
1:15 · Umbrian towns that are connected to it
1:18 · but you also have the construction due
1:20 · to the road of new cities and Karisai is
1:23 · one of those new cities it's fabulous
1:26 · it's wonderful and you have today
1:28 · ongoing excavations and what they're
1:31 · principally looking at is the late
1:33 · Republican remains of the town and then
1:36 · you have a moment of monumentalization
1:41 · under the emperors so we think about how
1:44 · the prominence of this road is going to
1:46 · go up and up and up over time in fact
1:49 · just beyond us here beyond the city
1:51 · limits there is a monumental triple arch
1:54 · dating to the time of Trajan once lined
1:56 · with marble so this is part of that
2:00 · monumental thoroughare like the via
2:04 · on which the emperor would traverse you
2:06 · have the successful armies coming into
2:09 · Rome for the celebration of a triumph
2:11 · this was a major artery into the city
2:14 · and you can get a sense of that
2:15 · prominence particularly we know in two
2:18 · grand moments in the imperial period one
2:21 · under Augustus so Tonius tells us he's
2:24 · going to be putting a lot of effort and
2:26 · construction into the management of the
2:31 · Via Flaminia and then you're going to
2:33 · have it again under the Flavians
2:37 · and so with that intervention on the
2:40 · part of two powerhouse emperors you're
2:43 · also going to have monumentality here in
2:45 · the city the via Flammenia was created
2:47 · in 220 BC by the sensor gas flaminius
2:52 · although there were local settlements in
2:53 · the area in the bronze age with Umbrian
2:56 · presence the real city center of Carzeli
2:59 · was created only with the construction
3:01 · of the road this brought locals in
3:03 · direct contact with Rome and facilitated
3:06 · trade the location was ideal nearby
3:09 · natural thermal springs and in fact the
3:13 · later city that flourished after the
3:14 · civil wars under Augustus didn't have
3:17 · any true defensive wall a testament to
3:20 · the staying power of Imperial Rome it
3:22 · was more than anything a trading post a
3:25 · meeting point both for travelers and
3:27 · Roman armies as well as merchants
3:30 · trading oil grain and wool the city's
3:33 · real development took place under
3:34 · Augustus coinciding with the entire
3:37 · Vaflammenia circuits renewal and
3:39 · expansion it's in the 1st century BC and
3:41 · 1st century AD that we can probably
3:44 · attribute the forum partially elevated
3:46 · on a terrace the basilica
3:49 · and theater and by the end of the 1st
3:52 · century AD the amphitheater there was
3:55 · also the construction of building in the
3:56 · forum area dedicated to the imperial
3:58 · cult as witnessed by the recovery of
4:01 · colossal statuary including the head and
4:04 · torso of Claudius so it was a possible
4:07 · Augustinam structure the Vflaminia
4:09 · literally passes through the heart of
4:11 · the Umbrian city let's take a walk along
4:13 · it and visit outside the city limits i'm
4:17 · walking along a magnificent stretch of
4:19 · the Via Flammenia
4:22 · and when you're outside the city walking
4:24 · towards the town you're greeted by this
4:26 · once triple arch which we can see was in
4:30 · the interior inlaid with marble you have
4:33 · the holes for the metal clamps and
4:36 · beyond it you're leaving outside the
4:38 · city and what do you do outside the city
4:41 · you bury the dead and some of the most
4:43 · prominent tombs are going to be located
4:45 · along the important gates of the city so
4:48 · here you have one massive rotunda here
4:51 · attributed to the gains furya and there
4:54 · are many other tomb remains outside of
4:58 · karai but it's really impressive to see
5:00 · this town this town that didn't have any
5:02 · walls but its real claim to fame and its
5:06 · success
5:07 · was being located along the viaammenia
5:11 · and when we think about the via
5:12 · flammenia we've got to think about one
5:14 · of the most important roads for the
5:16 · Romans maybe the most important after
5:19 · the via Apapia and you have so much of
5:22 · it preserved in the archaeological site
5:24 · of Karalai Caruli that today is still
5:28 · being excavated and we'll take a look at
5:30 · some of those ongoing excavations to
5:32 · learn a more about the rich history of
5:35 · the city between the republic and the
5:37 · imperial periods now let's tour the city
5:40 · and its key monuments keeping in mind
5:42 · that it was a small town of about 50
5:44 · acres and a maximum population of 3 to
5:48 · 5,000 inside the city we have the road
5:51 · bisecting the forum and Basilica or
5:53 · Lockwart here's the small theater with a
5:56 · diameter of 62 m nearby there's a column
6:01 · hall where today late antique tombs are
6:05 · being excavated
6:07 · next to the theater there is the
6:08 · imposing amphitheater constructed in a
6:11 · natural depression it probably dates the
6:13 · Flavian period and its dimensions are
6:16 · 86x 66 m with an arena of 50x 30 m
6:22 · accommodating a couple thousand
6:25 · spectators now let's look at the new
6:27 · excavations there are exciting
6:29 · discoveries that are rewriting the
6:30 · history of the site there are two main
6:33 · areas of excavation one is here a newly
6:37 · revealed pair of structures off the
6:39 · central forum area mainly spoliated but
6:42 · with large column fragments and
6:44 · impressive bases was it a public hall or
6:48 · was it used for religious activity was
6:50 · it a colleague or an association a few
6:54 · buildings further away was that
6:56 · Augustinam cult structure with the
6:57 · colossal statuary so although we don't
6:59 · understand yet the true nature of these
7:02 · new buildings being investigated the
7:04 · excavation will continue to resolve
7:07 · issues and shed new light on the
7:10 · original use of the structures
7:13 · in the central area of the forum there
7:16 · has been the recent discovery of what
7:18 · might be the municipal building or do
7:20 · publica of the elected officials that's
7:23 · how the excavators have been calling it
7:25 · it's also known as the do of the mosaic
7:28 · the mosaic which is currently covered
7:31 · but beyond it on the far side of the
7:34 · terrace forum is a connected monumental
7:36 · structure which has recently been
7:39 · excavated it is a large impressive nyam
7:43 · or fountain that was once fronted by a
7:46 · portico you can see the recently
7:49 · excavated column bases this was directly
7:52 · connected to its waterways the lead
7:54 · pipes to the structures of the so-called
7:56 · Domos Publica so it seems then that the
7:59 · Domos Publica structure and the Nefam
8:01 · were directly related if not
8:04 · contemporary one with the other more
8:07 · details are to be revealed as the
8:08 · investigations continue what happened to
8:11 · Caruli in the end it was not a walled
8:13 · city so when the lands were uncertain
8:15 · and times were uncertain and particular
8:17 · at the end of late antiquity as new
8:19 · invaders settled in Italy other nearby
8:21 · cities became more favored spoladum for
8:24 · example which were more fortified and
8:27 · resisted marauding armies and briggins
8:30 · carelai was largely pillaged for
8:31 · building material still life continued
8:33 · along the via Flammenia eventually a
8:35 · well-worn pilgrimage route to Rome it
8:37 · eventually led to the spoliated use of a
8:39 · standing structure right here which was
8:41 · converted into a church of St and Cosma
8:43 · and Damiano in the sixth century later
8:45 · restructured in the 11th century whose
8:48 · interior medieval fresco are partially
8:50 · preserved the city was first
8:52 · investigated by the Chesy family in the
8:54 · 17th century followed by papal
8:56 · excavations in the 18th century finally
8:59 · giving way to national excavations in
9:01 · the 1950s and the creation of an
9:03 · archaeological park in more recent
9:05 · decades there have been international
9:07 · collaborations and there's now a more
9:09 · considerate effort led by the
9:11 · archaeological park of Karalai itself
9:12 · and its partners so we can look forward
9:15 · to more discoveries and efforts to make
9:17 · the site more accessible and unraveling
9:20 · the long history of Karalai along the
9:23 · Via Flaminia we'd like to thank Muza
9:25 · National Peruja the regional direction
9:28 · of the national museums of Umbria
9:30 · archaeologists Masumiano Gasperini Luca
9:33 · Donin and Valerio Keraluche
9:37 · Associon Astra Unlas the Archaeological
9:40 · Park of Careli and the Ministry of
9:42 · Culture for permission to film the site
9:46 · as the excavations took place thanks for
9:49 · watching Ancient Rome Live thanks for
9:51 · liking and subscribing and we'll see you
9:53 · somewhere in the Roman Empire

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0:00	·	today let's explore the fascinating site
0:02	·	of ancient Carzela in Umbria on the
0:05	·	occasion of new ongoing excavations on
0:08	·	site that ancient Rome live was invited
0:10	·	to observe and share it's an important
0:13	·	investigation of an Umbrian town where
0:16	·	one of ancient Rome's most famous roads
0:18	·	the Vaflammenia
0:20	·	ran right through it we're just 65 miles
0:23	·	north of ancient Rome in the Umbrian
0:26	·	region along the Vaflammenia which was
0:28	·	Rome's great road emanating due north
0:31	·	from the capital which headed all the
0:34	·	way to the Adriatic and Remany i'm
0:37	·	walking down the Via Flaminia
0:41	·	there is one of two quadrifons arches
0:43	·	that would lead you into and up the
0:46	·	forum of Kulai so literally the city is
0:52	·	bisected by the Vaflamia so we're
0:54	·	talking about one of the most important
0:55	·	roads for Romans emanating out of the
0:59	·	imperial capital also in the Republican
1:02	·	times this is an important road heading
1:05	·	north through Umbria so we have a
1:08	·	construction about 220 BC and with that
1:12	·	construction you're going to have some
1:15	·	Umbrian towns that are connected to it
1:18	·	but you also have the construction due
1:20	·	to the road of new cities and Karisai is
1:23	·	one of those new cities it's fabulous
1:26	·	it's wonderful and you have today
1:28	·	ongoing excavations and what they're
1:31	·	principally looking at is the late
1:33	·	Republican remains of the town and then
1:36	·	you have a moment of monumentalization
1:41	·	under the emperors so we think about how
1:44	·	the prominence of this road is going to
1:46	·	go up and up and up over time in fact
1:49	·	just beyond us here beyond the city
1:51	·	limits there is a monumental triple arch
1:54	·	dating to the time of Trajan once lined
1:56	·	with marble so this is part of that
2:00	·	monumental thoroughare like the via
2:04	·	on which the emperor would traverse you
2:06	·	have the successful armies coming into
2:09	·	Rome for the celebration of a triumph
2:11	·	this was a major artery into the city
2:14	·	and you can get a sense of that
2:15	·	prominence particularly we know in two
2:18	·	grand moments in the imperial period one
2:21	·	under Augustus so Tonius tells us he's
2:24	·	going to be putting a lot of effort and
2:26	·	construction into the management of the
2:31	·	Via Flaminia and then you're going to
2:33	·	have it again under the Flavians
2:37	·	and so with that intervention on the
2:40	·	part of two powerhouse emperors you're
2:43	·	also going to have monumentality here in
2:45	·	the city the via Flammenia was created
2:47	·	in 220 BC by the sensor gas flaminius
2:52	·	although there were local settlements in
2:53	·	the area in the bronze age with Umbrian
2:56	·	presence the real city center of Carzeli
2:59	·	was created only with the construction
3:01	·	of the road this brought locals in
3:03	·	direct contact with Rome and facilitated
3:06	·	trade the location was ideal nearby
3:09	·	natural thermal springs and in fact the
3:13	·	later city that flourished after the
3:14	·	civil wars under Augustus didn't have
3:17	·	any true defensive wall a testament to
3:20	·	the staying power of Imperial Rome it
3:22	·	was more than anything a trading post a
3:25	·	meeting point both for travelers and
3:27	·	Roman armies as well as merchants
3:30	·	trading oil grain and wool the city's
3:33	·	real development took place under
3:34	·	Augustus coinciding with the entire
3:37	·	Vaflammenia circuits renewal and
3:39	·	expansion it's in the 1st century BC and
3:41	·	1st century AD that we can probably
3:44	·	attribute the forum partially elevated
3:46	·	on a terrace the basilica
3:49	·	and theater and by the end of the 1st
3:52	·	century AD the amphitheater there was
3:55	·	also the construction of building in the
3:56	·	forum area dedicated to the imperial
3:58	·	cult as witnessed by the recovery of
4:01	·	colossal statuary including the head and
4:04	·	torso of Claudius so it was a possible
4:07	·	Augustinam structure the Vflaminia
4:09	·	literally passes through the heart of
4:11	·	the Umbrian city let's take a walk along
4:13	·	it and visit outside the city limits i'm
4:17	·	walking along a magnificent stretch of
4:19	·	the Via Flammenia
4:22	·	and when you're outside the city walking
4:24	·	towards the town you're greeted by this
4:26	·	once triple arch which we can see was in
4:30	·	the interior inlaid with marble you have
4:33	·	the holes for the metal clamps and
4:36	·	beyond it you're leaving outside the
4:38	·	city and what do you do outside the city
4:41	·	you bury the dead and some of the most
4:43	·	prominent tombs are going to be located
4:45	·	along the important gates of the city so
4:48	·	here you have one massive rotunda here
4:51	·	attributed to the gains furya and there
4:54	·	are many other tomb remains outside of
4:58	·	karai but it's really impressive to see
5:00	·	this town this town that didn't have any
5:02	·	walls but its real claim to fame and its
5:06	·	success
5:07	·	was being located along the viaammenia
5:11	·	and when we think about the via
5:12	·	flammenia we've got to think about one
5:14	·	of the most important roads for the
5:16	·	Romans maybe the most important after
5:19	·	the via Apapia and you have so much of
5:22	·	it preserved in the archaeological site
5:24	·	of Karalai Caruli that today is still
5:28	·	being excavated and we'll take a look at
5:30	·	some of those ongoing excavations to
5:32	·	learn a more about the rich history of
5:35	·	the city between the republic and the
5:37	·	imperial periods now let's tour the city
5:40	·	and its key monuments keeping in mind
5:42	·	that it was a small town of about 50
5:44	·	acres and a maximum population of 3 to
5:48	·	5,000 inside the city we have the road
5:51	·	bisecting the forum and Basilica or
5:53	·	Lockwart here's the small theater with a
5:56	·	diameter of 62 m nearby there's a column
6:01	·	hall where today late antique tombs are
6:05	·	being excavated
6:07	·	next to the theater there is the
6:08	·	imposing amphitheater constructed in a
6:11	·	natural depression it probably dates the
6:13	·	Flavian period and its dimensions are
6:16	·	86x 66 m with an arena of 50x 30 m
6:22	·	accommodating a couple thousand
6:25	·	spectators now let's look at the new
6:27	·	excavations there are exciting
6:29	·	discoveries that are rewriting the
6:30	·	history of the site there are two main
6:33	·	areas of excavation one is here a newly
6:37	·	revealed pair of structures off the
6:39	·	central forum area mainly spoliated but
6:42	·	with large column fragments and
6:44	·	impressive bases was it a public hall or
6:48	·	was it used for religious activity was
6:50	·	it a colleague or an association a few
6:54	·	buildings further away was that
6:56	·	Augustinam cult structure with the
6:57	·	colossal statuary so although we don't
6:59	·	understand yet the true nature of these
7:02	·	new buildings being investigated the
7:04	·	excavation will continue to resolve
7:07	·	issues and shed new light on the
7:10	·	original use of the structures
7:13	·	in the central area of the forum there
7:16	·	has been the recent discovery of what
7:18	·	might be the municipal building or do
7:20	·	publica of the elected officials that's
7:23	·	how the excavators have been calling it
7:25	·	it's also known as the do of the mosaic
7:28	·	the mosaic which is currently covered
7:31	·	but beyond it on the far side of the
7:34	·	terrace forum is a connected monumental
7:36	·	structure which has recently been
7:39	·	excavated it is a large impressive nyam
7:43	·	or fountain that was once fronted by a
7:46	·	portico you can see the recently
7:49	·	excavated column bases this was directly
7:52	·	connected to its waterways the lead
7:54	·	pipes to the structures of the so-called
7:56	·	Domos Publica so it seems then that the
7:59	·	Domos Publica structure and the Nefam
8:01	·	were directly related if not
8:04	·	contemporary one with the other more
8:07	·	details are to be revealed as the
8:08	·	investigations continue what happened to
8:11	·	Caruli in the end it was not a walled
8:13	·	city so when the lands were uncertain
8:15	·	and times were uncertain and particular
8:17	·	at the end of late antiquity as new
8:19	·	invaders settled in Italy other nearby
8:21	·	cities became more favored spoladum for
8:24	·	example which were more fortified and
8:27	·	resisted marauding armies and briggins
8:30	·	carelai was largely pillaged for
8:31	·	building material still life continued
8:33	·	along the via Flammenia eventually a
8:35	·	well-worn pilgrimage route to Rome it
8:37	·	eventually led to the spoliated use of a
8:39	·	standing structure right here which was
8:41	·	converted into a church of St and Cosma
8:43	·	and Damiano in the sixth century later
8:45	·	restructured in the 11th century whose
8:48	·	interior medieval fresco are partially
8:50	·	preserved the city was first
8:52	·	investigated by the Chesy family in the
8:54	·	17th century followed by papal
8:56	·	excavations in the 18th century finally
8:59	·	giving way to national excavations in
9:01	·	the 1950s and the creation of an
9:03	·	archaeological park in more recent
9:05	·	decades there have been international
9:07	·	collaborations and there's now a more
9:09	·	considerate effort led by the
9:11	·	archaeological park of Karalai itself
9:12	·	and its partners so we can look forward
9:15	·	to more discoveries and efforts to make
9:17	·	the site more accessible and unraveling
9:20	·	the long history of Karalai along the
9:23	·	Via Flaminia we'd like to thank Muza
9:25	·	National Peruja the regional direction
9:28	·	of the national museums of Umbria
9:30	·	archaeologists Masumiano Gasperini Luca
9:33	·	Donin and Valerio Keraluche
9:37	·	Associon Astra Unlas the Archaeological
9:40	·	Park of Careli and the Ministry of
9:42	·	Culture for permission to film the site
9:46	·	as the excavations took place thanks for
9:49	·	watching Ancient Rome Live thanks for
9:51	·	liking and subscribing and we'll see you
9:53	·	somewhere in the Roman Empire