Rome
Subtitle: day one
By: Andrea Carandini ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780691139227
Subjects: Archaeology and history; Excavations (Archaeology); Roman Mythology; History
Work titles: Roma
Notes: "First published in Italian under the title Roma: Il Primo Giorno by Gius. Laterza & Figli S.p.A., Rome, in 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First thoughts; title: An epochal event; title: The site of Rome before Rome; title: The places of Rome; title: Remus and Romulus and the kings of Alba Longa; title: The Palatine; title: The preliminary rite on the Aventine; title: The blessing of the Palatine and the founding of Roma quadrata; title: The founding of the forum, the capitol, and the citadel; title: The forum; title: The capitolium and the arx; title: The ordering of the regnum, or the constitutio romuli; title: The ordering of time; title: The ordering of space and men; title: Enemies.