Rome and Environs An Archaeological Guide

Name: Rome and Environs An Archaeological Guide
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ISBN: 9780520079618

ISBN-10: 0520079612

ISBN-13: 9780520079618

Edition: 2007

Authors: Filippo Coarelli, J. Anthony Clauss, James J. Clauss, Daniel P. Harmon, Pierre A. MacKay

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This superb guide at last brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and best known scholars of Roman archeology and art, to a wide, English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans,Rome and Environs: Archaeological Guidecovers all of the city's ancient sites, and, unlike most other guides, now includes the major monuments in a large area outside Rome proper but within easy reach, such as Ostia Antica, Palestrina, Tivoli, and the many areas of interest along the ancient Roman roads. An essential resource for tourists interested in a deeper understanding of Rome's classical remains,…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/12/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 575
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



Translators' Preface


Introduction


City Walls


Capitoline


Roman Forum


Imperial Fora


Palatine


Valley of the Colosseum


Esquiline


Caelian


Quirinal, Viminal, and the Via Lata


Campus Martius


Forum Holitorium, Forum Boarium, Circus Maximus, and the Baths of Caracalla


Aventine, Trastevere, and the Vatican


Via Appia


Eastern Environs: Viae Latina, Praenestina, Labicana, Tiburtina


Northern Environs: Viae Salaria, Nomentana, Flaminia, Cassia


Western Environs: Viae Aurelia, Campana, Ostiensis


Aqueducts


Ostia


Tivoli and the Tiburtine Territory


The Alban Hills and Praeneste


Appendix


General Bibliography


Illustration Sources


Index