ROMEpills is the theme of a research undertaken by students of the Liceo di Stato E. Montale (State High School) in Rome (between 16 and 17 years old) designed to contribute to the protection of the artistic and environmental heritage of the city of Rome.
The students were asked to create short video spots lasting a maximum of 2 minutes, through which the main monuments of ancient Rome and the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque ones, were described.
The videos are intended for an audience of young visitors to the city from all over the world. The aim of the research is to make people understand the historical importance of these monuments and avoid forms of damage which unfortunately have occurred more and more frequently in recent years.
The ROMEpills videos are in a language other than Italian.
In this case the video created by the students Antonella Cardani, Corinne Di Franza, Priscilla Micheli and Francesca Romana Zollo, tells the story of the famous Trajan's Column, fulcrum of the spectacular Trajan's Forum, built by the emperor of the same name in the 2nd century AD. It is a fundamental historical document because the coclid frieze carved in relief on the marble shaft describes the military campaigns that were necessary for the conquest of Dacia by Roman army.
