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This book is an account of an almost completely neglected
archaeological epic, the uncovering and restoration of all the
classical monuments of Rome during the French occupation (1809 14).
This was the first large-scale archaeological programme in the
city. Based on archives in Rome and Paris, the archaeology of these
five years is placed against its essential background: the fate of
the monuments since antiquity and the contemporary Napoleonic
political and cultural history. Mr Ridley describes the enormously
complicated organisation which carried out the work and identifies
the leading administrators, archaeologists and architects. The bulk
of the work is a detailed account of the excavation and restoration
work on the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum and the Forum of Trajan,
the main classical monuments. There are numerous illustrations of
the monuments both before and after the French intervention, as
well as unpublished plans from the archives. There is an extensive
specialist index. The book is intended for anyone interested in
archaeology, in Napoleonic Europe and above all, in Rome.
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