Offers an examination of daily life, history, and architecture of Athens and Rome

The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome

History

CONNOLLY, PETER

Dodge, Hazel

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford University Press

In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity, spring to life under the masterful pen of Peter Connolly. All the historical and archaelogical evidence has been seamlessly pieced together to reconstruct the architectural wonders of these mighty civilizations. Re creating public buildings, religious temples, shops, and houses, Connolly reveals every aspect of life in glorious detail, from religion and food to drama, games, and the baths. In addition to the great monuments and moments of classical Greece and Rome, readers learn about a typical day in the life of an Athenian and a Roman. They read about and see the houses people inhabited; attend 5 day festivals and go to the theater; fight great battles and witness the birth of Rome's navy; visit temples and spend a day at the chariot races. The spectacular artwork and vivid descriptions provide a window into the fascinating history of these two extraordinary cities and civilizations. The Ancient City is the crowning achievement of Peter Connolly's distinguished career.

Children's Books

This sourcebook uniquely gathers a wide range of texts that illustrate the physical structures of the city, the rhythms of its daily life and the interaction between topography, monuments and the people from Rome’s earliest days, through its imperial heyday until its transformation into the Western Christian capital. The chapters examined within this comprehensive introduction include: <ul>
<li>the early and republican city</li> <li>the emperor</li> <li>art and architecture</li> <li>leisure, life and death</li> <li>religion and late antiquity.</li>
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Ancient City of Rome is designed to be directly relevant to those studying Roman civilization, or the city of Rome, at school or university level.

Ancient City of Rome (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World)

Smith, Christopher

Coulston, J. C. N.

Routledge

This superbly illustrated book offers an insight into the rise of Rome, which, for six centuries, ruled almost the whole known world. Over 1500 years after Rome's final decline and fall, this detailed examination of the people, places and events of this military and political empire will continue to fascinate.

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome: An illustrated military and political history of the world's mightiest power: from the rise of the Republic and the growth of the Empire to the fall of the West

RODGERS, Nigel

Lorenz Books

A major new book on the archaeology of Rome. The chapters, by an impressive list of contributors, are written to be as up-to-date and useful as possible, detailing lots of new research. There are new maps for the topography and monuments of Rome, a huge research bibliography containing 1,700 titles and the volume is richly illustrated. Essential for all Roman scholars and students. Contents: Preface: a bird's eye view ( Peter Wiseman ); Introduction ( Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge ); Early and Archaic Rome ( Christopher Smith ); The city of Rome in the Middle Republic ( Tim Cornell ); The moral museum: Augustus and the image of Rome ( Susan Walker ); Armed and belted men: the soldiery in Imperial Rome ( Jon Coulston ); The construction industry in Imperial Rome ( Janet Delaine and G Aldrete ); The feeding of Imperial Rome: the mechanics of the food supply system ( David Mattingly ); `Greater than the pyramids': the water supply of ancient Rome ( Hazel Dodge ); Entertaining Rome ( Kathleen Coleman ); Living and dying in the city of Rome: houses and tombs ( John Patterson ); Religions of Rome ( Simon Price ); Rome in the Late Empire ( Neil Christie ); Archaeology and innovation ( Hugh Petter ); Appendix: Sources for the study of ancient Rome ( Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge ).

Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City (Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph)

Coulston, John

Oxford University School of Archaeology

This is the first report on the finds from K. Kenyon's and J. B. Ward-Perkins' excavations at Sabratha from 1948-1951, and contains full discussion and catalogues. This volume constitutes a landmark in the study of Punic and Roman pottery from Sabratha and Tripolitania, not only covering new dated types but also quantified studies and analysis It will be a lasting reference to the pottry from this area, and invaluable also for what it brings to the historical picture of this city.

Excavations at Sabratha 1948-1951: Volume II - The Finds Part 1 (Society for Libyan Studies Monograph) (English and Arabic Edition)

Keay, Nina

Dore, John

Africa

Society for Libyan Studies

This magnificently illlustrated book details the rise of Rome, from her very beginnings as a little town in Italy to her unchallenged status as world empire establishing a ner universal peace.

Rome: The Greatest Empire: An Illustrated History of Power and Politics: Leadership, Conquest, Government and the Foundation of the Modern World

Southwater

Gladiatorial combat, animal displays, naumachiae (staged naval battles) and spectacular executions were all an important part of Roman culture. The provision of a wide range of purpose-built buildings (from theatres to amphitheatres to circuses) as venues across the empire is testimony to the popularity and significance of these displays. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world (human and animal combat, chariot racing, aquatic displays), their nature, context and social importance. It will explore the vast array of sources, from literary to archaeological material, that informs the subject. It will examine the spectacles with special emphasis on their physical setting, and will also consider the variation in the provision of venues and their context across the Empire. A final section will review the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators.

Spectacle in the Roman World (Classical World)

Humor & Entertainment

Bristol Classical Press

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The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome

The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome

Ancient City of Rome (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World)

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome: An illustrated military and political history of the world's mightiest power: from the rise of the Republic and the growth of the Empire to the fall of the West

Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City (Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph)

Excavations at Sabratha 1948-1951: Volume II - The Finds Part 1 (Society for Libyan Studies Monograph) (English and Arabic Edition)

Rome: The Greatest Empire: An Illustrated History of Power and Politics: Leadership, Conquest, Government and the Foundation of the Modern World

Spectacle in the Roman World (Classical World)