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How the Romans Invented Apartment Living
Original: How the Romans Invented Apartment Living. It Was Brilliant, Brutal, and Often Deadly
Ancient Rome's insulae — the multi-storey apartment blocks that housed most of the city's population — are being revisited as the world's first mass urban housing. The blocks were innovative, packing dense populations into limited space, but they were poorly built, prone to collapse and fire, and often deadly for the poorer residents living on the upper floors.
Why now: The history of Roman insulae resonates with modern debates over housing density, affordability and building safety.
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