Ancient Rome : monuments past and present

Summary: Transparent overlays show reconstructions of ancient Roman monuments and recent photographs of the actual sites or remaining ruins.

Record details

ISBN: 8881620308
Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) 20 X 29cm
Edition: New edition 2006
Publisher: Roma : Vision, 2006, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index

"First edition 1990, new edition 2006".

Formatted Contents Note:

The monuments of Rome -- The Colosseum -- The great square of the Colosseum -- The imperial Fora -- The Forum of Caesar -- The Forum of Augustus -- The Forum of Trajan -- Trajan's markets -- The Forum Romanum -- The Forum Square -- The Temples of Saturn and Concord -- The Basilica Aemilia -- The Temple of Vesta and the Arch of Augustus -- The House of the Vestal Virgins -- The eastern part of the Via Sacra -- The Basilica of Maxentius -- The Palatine -- The Imperial Palace -- The Stadium of the Palatine -- The Circus Maximus -- The Domus Aurea (Nero's "Golden House") -- The Theatre of Marcellus -- The Tiber Island -- The Mausoleum of Hadrian -- The Pantheon -- The Baths of Caracalla.