Crammed with the treasures of its glorious past, Rome is one of the most interesting cities in the world. It is also one of the most vibrant, renowned for "La Dolce Vita." To help visitors choose between its many different attractions, the team behind the renowned Insight Guides series has created this "Insight Pocket Guide."
In the sheer scope, the Roman epoch is unsurpassed in history. What has endured to our own time is its great legacy to Western civilization-in law, language, architecture, and the...
Ferdinand Addis tells this rich story in a grand narrative style for a new generation of readers.
The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of Aeneas and the refugees from the fall of Troy, to the city's founding in 753, the expulsion of the Kings in 509, and down to Livy's own time, during the reign of the ...
In Rome, historian Greg Woolf expertly recounts how this mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story spanning a millennium and a half of history.
Inside Rick Steves Rome, the most up-to-date 2021 guide from Rick Steves, you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Rome Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with ...
"Rome is the city where past and present, spectacle and the everyday collide around every corner; where Baroque drama flourishes alongside ancient classical wonders; where necks crane to admire Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; and where ...
When Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, and Jennifer Lawrence need a publicity splash, it'll likely be here. (Google “London film premieres” to find upcoming events.) On any given night, this entire area is a ...
Lonely Planet_s Pocket Rome is your guide to the city_s best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 ...
. . . I wish every politician would spend an evening with this book.” —James Fallows