The Importance of Space

Today, we are used to seeing the ruins of ancient Roman and Greek building like in this picture: a few columns and a broken outer shell, the pieces erected back by modern archaeologists to give us a sense of the ancient grandeur.

But what was it like, when those buildings were living, breathing spaces, used by humans for a myriad of daily functions?

I’ve mentioned before the FutureLearn course on the city of Ancient Rome, which is based on Dr Matthew Nicholls from Reading University 3D...