num_pages: 384
description: This pocket-size reference draws on the vast treasures of this ancient civilization to illustrate the remarkable achievements of one of the great empires of the West from the traditional date of Romes founding754 BCEuntil the fall of the Western Empire in 476 CE the year in which the last emperor the boy Romulus Augustus was deposed by the Goths and the imperial insignia was sent to Constantinople. Rome opens with a section on the major personages such as Romulus and Remus Pompey and Constantine; each concise biography is complemented by full-color reproductions of portraits ivories coins and monuments. A section on power and public life includes the grain dole the army the citys archives and its imperial triumphs. A chapter on religion considers the major gods and cults Oriental rites and Christianity. The chapter devoted to daily life includes makeup gambling and portraiture and is followed by a section on funerals and the dead. A section on the layout of the city is a must-read for any tourist to Rome. The book includes a map of the ancient city a chronology accounts of the major museums an index and a bibliography.
language: English
title: Rome (Volume 2)
publisher: University of California Press