Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City Volume II

Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City Volume II
Author: Peter J. Aicher
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0865165076

Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient city. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide. A separate volume of sources in Greek and Latin is available for scholars who want access to the original texts.

Rome Alive Vol. 1

Rome Alive Vol. 1
Author: Peter J. Aicher
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2020-02-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1610412605

Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient monuments. Rome Alive describes the Site and Foundation of Rome, Walls and Aqueducts, the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Upper Sacra Via, the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum Area, the Imperial Fora, the Campus Martius, the Forum Boarium and Aventine, and the Circus Maximus to Tomb of Scipios, all using the words of the ancients who knew them best. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide. Special Features An ideal introduction and valuable field companion for navigating Rome's ancient city, Rome Alive features: • Introduction with information on ancient authors cited • Latin and Greek sources, in translation • Organization by site, with commentary and notes to supplement original sources • Plenty of photographs, maps, and floorplans • General index • Separate volume of original Greek and Latin passages (Vol. II)

To be a Roman

To be a Roman
Author: Margaret A. Brucia
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0865166331

Each chapter in this workbook, designed for middle and high school-aged students, focuses on a particular topic. Several pages explain the topic in a lively and readable fashion and are then followed by objective exercises and suggestions for student projects and classroom discussions.

Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome

Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
Author: Lesley Adkins
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0816074828

Describes the people, places, and events of Ancient Rome, describing travel, trade, language, religion, economy, industry and more, from the days of the Republic through the High Empire period and beyond.

Writing Rome

Writing Rome
Author: Catharine Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1996-10-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521559522

The city of Rome is built not only of bricks and marble but also of the words of its writers. For the ancient inhabitant or visitor, the buildings of Rome, the public spaces of the city, were crowded with meanings and associations. These meanings were generated partly through activities associated with particular places, but Rome also took on meanings from literature written about the city: stories of its foundation, praise of its splendid buildings, laments composed by those obliged to leave it. Ancient writers made use of the city to explore the complexities of Roman history, power and identity. This book aims to chart selected aspects of Rome's resonance in literature and the literary resonance of Rome. A wide range of texts are explored, from later periods as well as from antiquity, since, as the author hopes to show, Gibbon, Goethe and others can be revealing guides to the literary topography of ancient Rome.

A Roman Map Workbook

A Roman Map Workbook
Author: Elizabeth Heimbach
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1610411714

"A Roman Map Workbook meets the needs of today's students and introduces them to the geography of Rome and the Roman world. Veteran high school and college Latin teacher Elizabeth Heimbach provides students, especially those studying Latin, with a thorough grounding in the geography of the Roman world. The workbook walks students through each map, discussing the importance of each place-name, making connections to Roman history and literature. The carefully chosen maps complement subjects and periods covered in the Latin and ancient history classroom"_Contracub.

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome
Author: John Coulston
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 1127
Release: 2000-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782975020

A major new book on the archaeology of Rome. The chapters, by an impressive list of contributors, are written to be as up-to-date and useful as possible, detailing lots of new research. There are new maps for the topography and monuments of Rome, a huge research bibliography containing 1,700 titles and the volume is richly illustrated. Essential for all Roman scholars and students. Contents: Preface: a bird's eye view ( Peter Wiseman ); Introduction ( Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge ); Early and Archaic Rome ( Christopher Smith ); The city of Rome in the Middle Republic ( Tim Cornell ); The moral museum: Augustus and the image of Rome ( Susan Walker ); Armed and belted men: the soldiery in Imperial Rome ( Jon Coulston ); The construction industry in Imperial Rome ( Janet Delaine and G Aldrete ); The feeding of Imperial Rome: the mechanics of the food supply system ( David Mattingly ); `Greater than the pyramids': the water supply of ancient Rome ( Hazel Dodge ); Entertaining Rome ( Kathleen Coleman ); Living and dying in the city of Rome: houses and tombs ( John Patterson ); Religions of Rome ( Simon Price ); Rome in the Late Empire ( Neil Christie ); Archaeology and innovation ( Hugh Petter ); Appendix: Sources for the study of ancient Rome ( Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge ).

The Ancient Roman City

The Ancient Roman City
Author: John E. Stambaugh
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1988-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801836923

A synthesis of recent work in archaeology and social history, drawing on physical, literary, and documentary sources.

Rome: A Sourcebook on the Ancient City

Rome: A Sourcebook on the Ancient City
Author: Fanny Dolansky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0567310310

The ancient city of Rome was the site of daily activities as well as famous historical events. It was not merely a backdrop, but rather an active part of the experiences of its inhabitants, shaping their actions and infusing them with meaning. During each period in Rome's imperial history, her emperors also used the city as a canvas to be painted on, transforming it according to their own ideals or ambitions. Rather than being organized by sites or monuments, Rome: A Sourcebook on the Ancient City is divided into thematic chapters. At the intersection of topography and socio-cultural history, this volume examines the cultural and social significance of the sites of ancient Rome from the end of the Republic in the age of Cicero and Julius Caesar, to the end of the fourth century. Drawing on literary and historical sources, this is not simply a tour of the baths and taverns, the amphitheatres and temples of ancient Rome, but rather a journey through the city that is fully integrated with Roman society.

A Companion to the City of Rome

A Companion to the City of Rome
Author: Claire Holleran
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 798
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118300696

A Companion to the City of Rome presents a series of original essays from top experts that offer an authoritative and up-to-date overview of current research on the development of the city of Rome from its origins until circa AD 600. Offers a unique interdisciplinary, closely focused thematic approach and wide chronological scope making it an indispensible reference work on ancient Rome Includes several new developments on areas of research that are available in English for the first time Newly commissioned essays written by experts in a variety of related fields Original and up-to-date readings pertaining to the city of Rome on a wide variety of topics including Rome’s urban landscape, population, economy, civic life, and key events