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Rome : an Oxford archaeological guide / Dr Amanda Claridge, with contributions by Judith Toms and Tony Cubberley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Oxford archaeological guidesPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expandedDescription: xiv, 540 p. ill., maps 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780199546831
  • 0199546835
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DG62
Contents:
Historical overview -- Documentary sources -- Glossary -- The Roman Forum -- The Upper Via Sacra -- The Palatine -- Imperial forums -- Field of Mars (Campus Martius) -- Capitoline Hill -- Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus -- Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill -- Caelian Hill and the Inner Via Appia -- Lateran-Porta Maggiore -- The Viminal -- Pyramid-Testaccio -- Across the Tiber -- Parks of the Appia Antica -- Other sites outside the walls -- Catacombs -- Museums
Review: "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." "For this new edition the 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 since the publication of the first edition: and the practical information and references have been fully updated"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [502]-520) and index.

Historical overview -- Documentary sources -- Glossary -- The Roman Forum -- The Upper Via Sacra -- The Palatine -- Imperial forums -- Field of Mars (Campus Martius) -- Capitoline Hill -- Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus -- Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill -- Caelian Hill and the Inner Via Appia -- Lateran-Porta Maggiore -- The Viminal -- Pyramid-Testaccio -- Across the Tiber -- Parks of the Appia Antica -- Other sites outside the walls -- Catacombs -- Museums

"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." "For this new edition the 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 since the publication of the first edition: and the practical information and references have been fully updated"--Jacket.

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