When we think of ancient Rome, emperors, gladiators, monumental architecture, and Latin inscriptions usually come to mind. Music, however, is rarely part of that picture. Yet in Roman society sound was everywhere. It marked religious rituals, accompanied public spectacles, structured …
Today, we are immersed in an ocean of artificial sounds. From car horns to smartphone notifications, our modern world is an incessant concert of electronic and mechanical noises. But if we could travel back in time to prehistory, we would discover …


