Aquileia: history and Christian legacy

On Saturday 7th May, Pope Benedict XVI leaves the Vatican, for a week-end visit to Aquileia and Venice. While everyone knows where Venice is not everybody knows about Aquileia, once one of the largest and important fortress cities in the Roman Empire

Katherine McDonnell who teaches Roman archeology at the University of California, Los Angeles has a particular expertise in the Roman Empire and was first led there in search for inscriptions. She tells Veronica Scarisbrick all about its history and Christian legacy describing the stunning mosaics and crypts as she goes along...

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