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Rome, 120 CE, Late afternoon: an interpretation
Rome, 120 CE · Late afternoon
  1. 1Classical stone columnsThe grand marble columns of the temple on the right evoke the architectural transformation of Rome, which Augustus famously claimed to have found made of brick and left made of marble.History of Rome
  2. 2Wooden hand cartThe simple wooden cart being pushed down the street represents the constant flow of labor and goods required to sustain Rome's massive population, which historians estimate peaked at one to two million people.History of Rome
  3. 3Simple woolen tunicsThe plain garments worn by the working-class figures in this imagined scene represent the plebeians, the urban lower class whose growing numbers historically transformed Rome's social and political landscape.Rome