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Visit the world of ancient Rome, from bustling streets and the busy port to steaming baths and gruesome games. This book reveals how the Romans really lived.
This guide includes vital information for tourists visiting Rome - famous attractions, where to shop and places to eat are combined with background facts about politics, history and the art and architecture of each period.
Take a journey of discovery through ancient Rome with this stunning book. Step inside the bustling forum in the heart of the eternal city, then wander through homes, baths and the amphitheatre (complete with gladiators) to the busy docks. Then set off for an army fort at the frontiers of the Roman empire, and fast-forward to today's Roman ruins. With a flap or hole on every spread, including laser-cuts. Flaps and holes let you see inside Roman buildings including shops, apartments, baths, amphitheatre and army fort. Charming illustrations by Rachael Saunders give a delightfully naïve feel.
This voyage of exploration chronicles twenty-four hours in the life of a Roman patrician, beginning at dawn on an ordinary day in the year 115 A.D., with Imperial Rome at the height of its power.
Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of the Mediterranean world. In Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, Brian Campbell explores the role and influence of rivers and their surrounding landscape on the society and culture of the Roman Empire. Examining artistic representations of rivers, related architecture, and the work of ancient geographers and topographers, as well as writers who describe rivers, Campbell reveals how Romans defined the geographical areas they conquered and how geography and natural surroundings related to their society and activities. In addition, he illuminates the prominence and value of rivers in the control and expansion of the Roman Empire--through the legal regulation of riverine activities, the exploitation of rivers in military tactics, and the use of rivers as routes of communication and movement. Campbell shows how a technological understanding of--and even mastery over--the forces of the river helped Rome rise to its central place in the ancient world.
Part of a series, this visual guide to Ancient Rome gives an insight into the lives of the people that lived in ancient Rome. Every aspect of Roman life is covered, from the cooking utensils they used and the food that they ate, to the instruments they used to cleanse and beautify themselves.
What was life like in ancient times in the celebrated city of Rome? Who were the residents of the city? What kind of houses did they live in? What did they eat, wear, or do for entertainment? Ancient Rome comes alive in this look at history, culture, religion and everyday life. In these pages you will learn about myths and realities; art and architecture; shops and work; how rich and poor lived in and navigated through the city, as well as about private houses, city streets, public baths, gladiatorial fights, Roman clothes and the winding of funeral processions through the streets. Informative text, illustrations, photographs, a timeline, a glossary and a comprehensive index make this an excellent book for the curious reader and budding young historian.
In this book Toner offers a new way of looking at Roman society at all levels, not just among the elite, by examining the imperial games and the baths as well as gambling, the taverns, theatre and carnivals.
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities - one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?
