The Ancient Roman City (Ancient Society and History)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: May 1, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780801836923
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social conditions; City and town life; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: American; Italy; Sociology - General; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; Cities and towns, Ancient; Rome
First sentence: Proverbs about Rome-"When there, do as the Romans do", "It has seven hills", "All roads lead there", "It wasn't built in a day"-show how how it has come to represent the whole range of urban experience a particular population with peculiar customs, a varied, exhilarating, and exhausting topography, a focus for the energies of an extensive hinterland, a historical fabric of buildings and space.