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Jan 16, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
‘Spalato–The City within a Roman Palace’ has just aired, on this day on 3LO @abcmelbourne in 1936. Read by my grandfather as part of a series of talks under the eye/ear of C. Hughes Hallett, Controller of Talks and Services. Would any recordings exist somewhere? #radio#archives
Who knew Diocletian had a thing for cabbages?
Wish I’d read this stuff when I stayed in the Palace years ago. I’d love to have known of the four gates: Golden (for his birthplace), Silver (for the moon across the water), Bronze & Iron (for the metals that defended the State.)