Rome

Informationen zum Autor Amanda Claridge is Reader in Classical Archaeology, Royal Holloway, University of London, and was formerly Lecturer in Archaeology at St John's College, Oxford. Assistant Director of the British School in Rome from 1980 to 1994, she is the author of numerous publications on Roman archaeology. Her wider archaeological activities include fieldwork in Italy, North Africa, and Turkey, and the study of Roman marbles and sculptural techniques, on which she is a noted authority. Klappentext The ultimate guide to all the important archaeological sites in the city of Rome from the period 800 BC to AD 600, with over 200 site maps, plans, and photographs Zusammenfassung The ultimate guide to all the important archaeological sites in the city of Rome from the period 800 BC to AD 600, with over 200 site maps, plans, and photographs Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Historical Overview Documentary Sources Glossary The Roman Forum The Upper Via Sacra The Palatine Imperial Forums Field of Mars (Campus Martius) Capitoline Hill Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill Caelian Hill and the inner Via Appia Lateran-Porta Maggiore The Viminal Pyramid-Testaccio Across the Tiber Parks of the Appia Antica Other Sites outside the Walls Museums Catacombs Chronological Table Opening Times and Charges References and Further Reading Index

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Claridge, Amanda (Reader in Classical Archaeology Claridge, Claridge Amanda, Tony Cubberley, Judith Toms
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.2010
• EAN: 9780199546831
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954683-1
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Oxford Archaeological Guides; Oxford Archaeological Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Travel > Travel guides > Europe; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, HISTORY / Ancient / General, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Travel & holiday, Archaeology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Travel and holiday, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc