Rome Alive: v. 1: A Source Guide to the Ancient City - Softcover

Aicher, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865164738 ISBN 13: 9780865164734

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

Teaching Roman Topography?

Taking students to Rome?

Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient monuments. Rome Alive, Volume I, is an ideal introduction and valuable field companion for navigating Rome's ancient city. It describes the site and foundation of Rome, Walls and Aqueducts, the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Upper Sacra Via, the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum Area, the Imperial Fora, the Campus Martius, the Forum Boarium and Aventine, and the Circus Maximus to Tomb of Scipios, all using the words of the ancients who knew them best. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide.

A separate volume of sources in Greek and Latin is available for scholars who want access to the original texts.

Features

Introduction with information on ancient authors cited

English translation of Latin and Greek sources--drawn from histories, letters, speeches, inscriptions, and verse

Organization of sources by site, with commentary and notes to supplement original sources

Plenty of photographs, maps, and floorplans

General index

Separate volume of original Greek and Latin passages (Volume II)

Author Bio

Peter J. Aicher is an associate professor of classics at the University of Southern Maine. Aicher has appeared on Public Television's program, "Nova," and has published articles and translations in a wide variety of professional journals. He is the author of the popular Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome.

Extras

Rome Alive, Vol. I, was recently selected as the only book to accompany the Rome Reborn Project, the only faithful 3-D reconstruction of Rome on the Internet based on the archaeological record. Rome Alive is currently being digitized for use with this project, and with Google Earth.

About this title

Synopsis

For travelers to Rome, Aicher (classics. U. of Southern Maine) assembles written sources from classical times revealing what the sites and structures meant to people before they were picturesque ruins. References point readers to modern editions of the full texts. The second volume presents the texts in Latin or Greek for students of the classics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865164738
• ISBN 13: 9780865164734
• Binding: Paperback