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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 — multi-storey apartment blocks that housed most of the city's population — are being revisited as the world's first mass urban housing. The buildings were innovative, packing huge numbers of residents into limited space, but they were also poorly built, prone to collapse and fire, and often deadly for the poor who lived in them.
Why now: Interest in ancient Roman urban housing resurfaced amid modern debates about density, housing shortages and building safety.
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