The eternal city
Subtitle: a history of Rome
By: Ferdinand Addis
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9781681775425
Subjects: History
Description: "Why does Rome continue to exert a hold on our imagination? How did the "Caput mundi" come to play such a critical role in the development of Western civilization? Ferdinand Addis addresses these questions by tracing the history of the "Eternal City" told through the dramatic key moments in its history: from the mythic founding of Rome in 753 BC, via such landmarks as the murder of Caesar in 44 BC, the coronation of Charlemagne in AD 800 and the reinvention of the imperial ideal, the painting of the Sistine chapel, the trial of Galileo, Mussolini's March on Rome of 1922, the release of Fellini's La Dolce Vita in 1960, and the Occupy riots of 2011"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-605) and index.