Finding Ancient Rome: Walks in the cityPaula Landart, 6 mars 2023 - 611 pages Second edition, updated March 2023 Ancient Rome is still with us, more than ever. Every year, with new metro lines, roadworks, digs, restorations and repairs, new discoveries are made and old errors corrected – and new questions raised. This electronic book is intended as both a walking guide to ancient Rome and a resource for the city and the people who left their mark on history. Each of the eight excursions illustrates an aspect of the city from the foundation to the fall, and in passing explains the bits of modern Rome whose roots lie in that distant past.
These walks are not meant to be a tourist guide of the "Rome in 3 days" style nor a nutshell guide to the well-documented and overrun sites such as the Colosseum and the Forum. Instead, they lead through the city itself, along paths that have been trod for thousands of years. |
Table des matières
The Pantheon Unexplained | 347 |
The Baths of Nero | 354 |
Isis and Serapis in the Campus Martius | 356 |
The Imperial Cult | 365 |
A Divine MotherinLaw | 369 |
The Clock That Never Struck | 370 |
The Column of Marcus Aurelius | 376 |
About | 381 |
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The Roman Triumph | 81 |
Itinerary for the Roman Triumph | 82 |
Porticus Octaviae to the Forum Holitorium | 84 |
Memento mori | 85 |
Porticus Octaviae | 87 |
Teatro di Marcello | 88 |
Temples of Apollo Sosianus and Bellona | 90 |
At the Porta Triumphalis | 93 |
At the Portus Tiberinus | 96 |
Through the Forum Boarium to the Circus | 101 |
Piazza Bocca della Verità | 103 |
The Great Altar of Hercules | 104 |
At the Circus | 107 |
From the Circus to the Arch of Constantine | 110 |
Via dei Trionfi | 112 |
from the Arch of Constantine to the Mamertine Prison | 121 |
Via dei Fori Imperiali | 127 |
The Basilica of Maxentius | 128 |
The Temple of Peace | 129 |
The Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina | 131 |
The Forum | 132 |
The Forum of Caesar and the Temple of Venus Genetrix | 133 |
The Severan Arch | 137 |
From Juno Moneta to Jupiter Capitolinus | 138 |
Up to the Capitol | 139 |
About | 147 |
Clivus Suburanus | 254 |
Itinerary for the Clivus Suburanus | 255 |
A bit of a very old wall | 258 |
Entering the city | 260 |
At the Esquiline Forum | 265 |
Down the Clivus to Mercurius Sobrius | 267 |
The Lacus Orphei | 273 |
War among the Barons | 274 |
To the Porticus Liviae | 278 |
The Argiletum | 286 |
About | 300 |
Campus Martius | 338 |
The Field of Mars | 339 |
Marcus Agrippa the Generous and the Clean | 341 |
The Basilica of Neptune | 345 |
The Tombs of Two Emperors | 408 |
Itinerary for the Tombs of the Two Emperors | 409 |
The most magnificent tomb in the empire | 412 |
The Ara Pacis | 416 |
The Mausoleum of Hadrian | 419 |
Bridge of the Emperor Bridge of the Angels | 423 |
About | 427 |
Roman Theatres in the Campus Martius | 439 |
Itinerary for Roman Theatres | 440 |
Largo Argentina | 441 |
Via delle Botteghe Oscure | 444 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Middle Ages | 446 |
The Best Seat in the House the Best House in the Seats | 450 |
Lost Melodies | 454 |
The Stadium of Domitian | 457 |
About | 459 |
The Baths of Diocletian | 473 |
Itinerary for the Baths of Diocletian | 474 |
Pleasure Gardens of the Renaissance | 481 |
A Puzzle Solved | 483 |
From Bath to Bernard | 484 |
A Quiet and Refined Neighbourhood | 486 |
One of the Seven | 488 |
Santa Maria degli Angeli | 495 |
The Eastern Buildings and the Perimeter Wall | 502 |
About | 504 |
Valley of the Caffarella | 523 |
Itinerary for the Valley of the Caffarella | 525 |
The perils of the Appian Way | 526 |
Through the Gate | 528 |
The Nymphaeum | 531 |
SantUrbano | 534 |
Torre Valca | 536 |
The Springs | 537 |
About | 539 |
Public Transport | 547 |
Whos Who | 557 |
Glossaries | 573 |
Italian Glossary | 577 |
Image Credits | 579 |
Sources | 587 |
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Acknowledgements | 614 |