The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome

By: Goouch, Kathleen

Book Overview

Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521720788
• ISBN13: 9780521720786
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"