num_pages: 144
description: Rome continues to be the monumental expression of a legend. It is the eternal city where all roads of the ancient world converged, and through the millennia has been the model for the very concept of a universal empire. Through art, architecture, and urban planning, the empire expanded with anexceptional synthesis of technology, politics, law, and propaganda, conquering Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East. Accompanied by masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting and the words of illustrious figures, Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History follows the arc of thecity and its civilization from their beginnings to their height and decline. Included are discussions of the emperor Augustus; the Julio-Claudian dynasty; the ill-fated town of Pompeii; the architecture and planning of the metropolis; the art and architecture of the provinces of Europe and NorthAfrica; and the fall of the Western Empire and the establishment of the Byzantine Empire as the heir of Rome.
language: English
title: Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History
titlecomplete: Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History
genres: History
ratings_count: 26
places: Rome
publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum