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A new high-tech theatre is about to open to give tourists a deeper look at life in the Italian capital in the ancient past.

The 30-minute 3D show uses 60, 000 virtual characters, or avatars, to help tourists get a taste of what Roman life was probably like in 310 AD.

(Reuters.com November 10, 2008)