Quarantine Cafe: Another Evening With "The People's Commentator" Steve Inman Edition

That's a model of ancient Rome -- a guy spent 35 years building it.

Tucked in the residential Roman neighborhood of EUR, a sprawling 1:250 scale model displays the glory of ancient Rome. Known as the Plastico di Roma Imperiale, the plaster model was commissioned by Mussolini in 1933 and depicts Rome in the 4th century AD at the time of Constantine I. It now sits in the Museum of Roman Civilization, a museum opened in the 1930s to demonstrate the history of ancient Rome.

The plaster model is a masterpiece created by archaeologist Italo Gismondi, who worked on the piece throughout his life. The initial core of the scale model, which was partially based on Rodolfo Lanciani‘s 1901 map Forma Urbis, was completed for a large exhibition celebrating the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Augustus. In the 1950s, it was installed permanently in the Museum of Roman Civilization, with Gismondi continuing to expand the model up until 1971.

Here's a picture of the whole model -- and it is huge. You can click on it to zoom in, and click again to zoom in further.

Anyone thinking what I'm thinking?

Best. D&D module. Ever.

On to Steve Inman!

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