Rome
Subtitle: an Oxford archaeological guide
By: Amanda Claridge, with contributions by Judith Toms and Tony Cubberley
Contributors: Toms, Judith; Cubberley, Tony
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Series: Oxford archaeological guides; Oxford archaeological guides
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780199546831
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Guidebooks; Antiquities
Description: "The City of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world, capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the centre of Christian Europe." "For this new edition the text has been extensively revised, adding over 20 more sites and illustrations: the itineraries have been re-organized and expanded to suit the many changes that have taken place since the publication of the first edition: and the practical information and references have been fully updated"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-518) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical overview; title: Documentary sources; title: Glossary; title: The Roman Forum; title: The Upper Via Sacra; title: The Palatine; title: Imperial forums; title: Field of Mars (Campus Martius); title: Capitoline Hill; title: Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus; title: Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill; title: Caelian Hill and the Inner Via Appia; title: Lateran-Porta Maggiore; title: The Viminal; title: Pyramid-Testaccio; title: Across the Tiber; title: Parks of the Appia Antica; title: Other sites outside the walls; title: Catacombs; title: Museums.