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Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments by Paul Roberts (2024, Hardcover)

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When and why were they built?. What did they add to the lives of the people who used them?. What impact did they have on the shape of the city?.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-100500025681

ISBN-139780500025680

eBay Product ID (ePID)9064047014

Product Key Features

Book TitleAncient Rome in Fifty Monuments

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicEurope / Italy, Ancient / Rome

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorPaul Roberts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight37.7 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-945056

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsDetails the monumental constructions of ancient Rome, with a particular focus on the impact of the city's leaders on its built environment... Stunning photos of Roman monuments as they appear today are presented alongside illustrated recreations of the sites in their prime. A chronological political history follows the rulers who built each monument and includes some discussion on both the methods and the rationales for their construction. ... Solid, recommended, [and] visually rich.

Dewey Decimal937.63

SynopsisA sweeping new history of the city of Rome, told through its emperors and the monuments they built to make their mark on one of the great capitals of the classical world. 'What is worse than Nero? What is better than Nero's Baths?' - so wrote the poet Martial in the first century AD, demonstrating the power that buildings have on public consciousness. In ancient Rome, who built a monument and why mattered as much as its physical structure. Over centuries and under many different emperors, a small village in Italy was transformed into the crowning glory of an empire. Seeking out the personalities behind the great building projects is key to understanding them. With this firmly in mind, Paul Roberts takes the reader on a tour of ancient Rome, vividly evoking the sights and sounds of the city: from the roar of the crowds at the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum, to the dazzling gleam of the marble- and mosaic-covered baths of Caracalla and Diocletian. He tells this story emperor by emperor, drawing out the political, social and cultural backdrop to the monuments and ultimately the very human motivations that gave rise to their construction - and destruction. These fascinating buildings are further brought to life with reconstructions that show how the ancients themselves would have experienced them. When and why were these monuments built? What did they add to the lives of the people who used them? What impact did they have on the shape of the city? Roberts expertly weaves together the latest archaeological research with social and cultural history, to tell the story of the Eternal City, always in some way rising, falling and being rebuilt., Rome wasn't built in a day, but over several centuries and under many different emperors. This story of continual creation and renewal lies at the heart of Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments . Rome's history has been explored by countless classicists, historians, poets, and authors, but rarely has its history been recounted through the building programs of its emperors, which transformed a small village in Italy into the apogee of empire. Paul Roberts takes the reader on a historical tour of ancient Rome, from the luxurious bathhouses of Caracalla and Diocletian, the rowdy Circus Maximus, and the Colosseum to monuments such as the Column of Trajan that celebrated Rome's imperial project. Roberts expertly weaves together the latest archaeological research with social and cultural history, vividly evoking the story of a city always in some way rising, falling, and being rebuilt. He tells this story emperor by emperor, seeking out the personalities behind the great building projects and the very human motivations that gave rise to their construction--and destruction. When and why were they built? What did they add to the lives of the people who used them? What impact did they have on the shape of the city? Often the importance of a monument lies not intrinsically in the structure itself, but instead in the political, social, or cultural developments at its foundations. Through these monuments and the emperors who built them, Rome's mythical and real past are intertwined, reflecting the empire's triumphant yet often turbulent history., A sweeping new history of the city of Rome, told through its emperors and the monuments they built to leave their mark on one of the great capitals of the classical world.

LC Classification NumberDG63.R6 2024