Old Rome (Classic Reprint): A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Burn, Robert

 
9781330564134: Old Rome (Classic Reprint): A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna (Classic Reprint)
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ISBN 10: 1330564138 ISBN 13: 9781330564134
Editorial: Forgotten Books, 2018

Sinopsis

Explore Rome’s grand story through its stones and ruins. This handbook opens the doors to the city’s ancient sites, explaining how geography, history, and architecture shape what we know of Rome’s past. Sourced from monumental ruins and careful archaeology, it helps readers see the city not just as a map, but as a living record of empire and daily life.

In clear, accessible prose, the book traces how Rome grew from its hills into a landscape shaped by the palatine settlements, public forums, temples, and the great monuments of the imperial era. It connects the walls and arches to the people who built them and the events that defined centuries, from the regal and republican ages to the Augustan and imperial periods. Alongside site descriptions, it offers context on the climate, geology, and ancient architecture that influenced Roman history and culture.


  • Structured journeys through major sites, including the Palatine, Forum Romanum, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon.

  • History told through ruins, monuments, and the enduring impact of Rome’s architecture.

  • Context on ancient scales of power, public life, and the material remains that tell their story.

  • Guidance for travelers and students seeking a grounded understanding of Rome’s past.



Ideal for history enthusiasts, archaeology lovers, and travelers who want more than just views of ancient stones.

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Excerpt from Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna

Thus there is not only the poetical and imaginative satis faction, which is usually felt most vividly in treading the soil, surveying the scenes, and breathing the air in which great historical persons lived and events occurred, but also an element of fact which gives a firm basis of incontestable truth to our knowledge, and which no speculative interpretation can dissolve.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna

This book is intended to serve as a handbook to the actually-existing ruins and monuments of ancient Rome and the Campagna. It is divided into topographical sections for the convenience of travellers visiting Rome, and the monuments which exist in each section have boon briefly described, and a summary given of their history and archæological value.

The introductory section contains general remarks upon the site, monumental history, and architecture of Rome; and in a section prefixed to Chapter IX. the nature of the soil and configuration of the hills and valleys of the district surrounding the city are stated.

In the Appendix to the eighth chapter will be found a list of the chief monumental antiquities in the museums, galleries, and other public places. This has been thought to be useful, as these are often difficult to recognise from being mixed with so many other attractive and important objects of more modern art and history. All speculative conjectures as to the probable sites or constructions of ancient buildings or places have boon avoided. Such questions require more space than can be spared in so small a volume, and have been fully treated of in my larger work, "Rome and the Campagna."

I have confined myself in this handbook to a brief topographical, archæological, and historical description of each existing ruin or monument. The references given have been restricted to modern treatises and to a few of the more rarely read Greek and Latin authors.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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2018
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