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HISTORICAL INFORMATION• Curia Julia built in 44 BC under Julius Caesar • Mussolini marched on Rome in October of 1922• The King Victor Emanuel III then handed power over to him

and the Fascist party• “The Master Plan”

• The third Rome• New Building projects – getting back to their roots

• Some propaganda he used in order to be associated with Augustus:

• Changing year to roman numerals and using E.F. (Era Fascista)• Building of the Foro Mussolini – representative of Roman Forum • Imperial Eagle

THE CONCEPT

• Through the use of Twine will examine Fascist Rome (1922)

• Will be examining the struggle between the church and state

• Curia Julia excavation – was Catholic church• Main Question: Who owns the past?• Connection to class: examining the concept of

space and city planning

RESEARCH!

• Roads and Ruins: The Symbolic Landscape of Fascist Rome.

• Recent Excavations in Rome 1900 • The Sullen Forum 1922• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?

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USING TWINE

• Interactive story from the point of view of an archaeologist hired by Mussolini to excavate the Curia Julia

• Will have to deal with pressure from the church and Mussolini

• Be careful what you do or say, you might just disappear

• Easy to use, but took a while to figure out • Thank God for YouTube…

PROBLEMS…

• Only real problem is that my concept might be too linear for Twine

• Slight bias • And it takes a degree of creativity