This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 109.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns

and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Ciao, Benvenuti. Hi everyone. Hope your week has been fun and full of little Italian surprises.

We've just put the finishing touches on our trip to Italy in June and the excitement is building.

I can't wait to get back to the country I love best in the world.

And while we may be visiting some new places, which I'm going to be so thrilled to share with you later on this year, we're also revisiting some of the classics.

And of course, that includes Rome.

Having been around for well over 2,000 years, there is always something new, or recently rediscovered and exciting to see an experience in the Eternal City.

Or a different way of looking at iconic

sites, and that's what we're going to be talking about today. Now, we all know that history is

written by the victors and those who were in power, and that means that what we know about

ancient Rome and the history of Italy has mainly been told from the perspective of the elite

mal rulers of the country over many centuries.

My friend Angelo from Liv Tours had an idea to see this history from another angle, and he's going to tell you about that today.

It's a fascinating and unique way to approach learning about the sites in Rome and Italy, and that really got me thinking.

Liv Tours are one of our favourite Italian tour companies.

They are a family-run company based in Rome who offer very small group tours and private tours

and experiences all over Italy. We love that they create expertly crafted experiences to

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