Before gladiators clashed and chariots raced, Rome’s imperial heralds roused the crowds - and now, their ancient training school at the Roman Forum has reopened after centuries.
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00:25We are inside the Scola Preconum, the house of the heralds of the Circo Massimo.
00:30The school is the college of the announcers, the bandits, of the shows, of the races of the Circo Massimo.
00:38This building is located in the southern slopes of the Palatine.
00:41It is located right in front of the Circo Massimo.
00:44It was built and built in the Severian age, that is, in the third century AD, precisely with this function.