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Rome (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Rome (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Oxford Archaeological Guides
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The city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world,
capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the centre of
Christian Europe. This guide provides: * Coverage of all the
important sites in the city from 800 BC to AD 600 and the start of
the early middle ages, drawing on the latest discoveries and the
best of recent scholarship * Over 220 high-quality maps, site
plans, diagrams and photographs * Sites divided into fourteen main
areas, with star ratings to help you plan and prioritize your
visit: Roman Forum; Upper Via Sacra; Palatine; Imperial Forums;
Campus Martius; Capitoline Hill; Circus Flaminius to Circus
Maximus; Colosseum and Esquiline hill; Caelian hill and the inner
via Appia; Lateran to Porta Maggiore; Viminal hill; Pyramid to
Testaccio; the outer via Appia; other outlying sites; Museums and
Catacombs. * Introduction offering essential background to the
history and culture of ancient Rome, placing the city in the
context of the development of the empire, highlighting the nature
of Roman achievement, and explaining how Rome came to be the
largest city in the ancient world. * Comprehensive glossaries of
Rome's building materials, techniques and building types, a
chronological table of kings, emperors, and the early popes,
information about opening times, references and suggestions for
further reading and a detailed user-friendly index. For this new
edition the original text has been extensively revised, adding over
20 more sites and illustrations, the itineraries have been
re-organized and expanded to suit the many changes that have taken
place in the past decade, and the practical information and
references have been fully updated.
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