The Acoustic World of the Romans
The streets of Rome today resound with the screech of motorbikes, the squeal of brakes and the blare of car horns. But what would it have sounded like 2,000 years ago when crowds packed the Colosseum? Fiona Shaw discovers when she makes a new ear-openingfive-partjourneyto the streets of ancient Rome, in the days before tarmac, foam rubber and ball-bearings. Producer Kate mcaii