Welcome to the ROME CAPUT MUNDI, Capitol of the Ancient World. All cities are layer cakes stacked with incredible detail but Rome is the most deeply layered of all. Few cities world-wide offer the walking visitor such a broad spectrum of choice. And most of it is free and out in the open; the city is a museum of its own design. This two-DVD set is a WALKING HISTORY OF ROME that prepares you for your own visit. The first DVD sets the thematic scale of your visit as it touches on all of Rome’s historical layers: the pre-historic and Etruscan; the Monarchy, Republic and Imperial; the Medieval, Renaissance, and the modern city as capitol of Italy. We explore the city as organically as walking visitors experience it, but it is the second DVD – t