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Tourists puzzled by the jumble of buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital, in what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation of an ancient city.

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TechnologyExpert
June 11, 2007, 4:07 p.m.
"Rome Reborn 1.0" was unveiled on Monday, showing nearly the entire city at its peak in A.D. 320, under the Emperor Constantine when it had grown to a million inhabitants.
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capn_caveman
June 11, 2007, 10:56 p.m.
More to be found here and here:
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.ph...
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/