Rome
The Biography of a City
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2001
400 pages
978-0-14-192716-9 (ISBN)
Description
This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the Renaissance, to its time at the heart of Mussolini's fascist Italy. Exploring the city's streets and buildings, peopled with popes, gladiators, emperors, noblemen and peasants, this volume details the turbulent and dramatic history of Rome in all its depravity and grandeur.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
15,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-192716-9 (9780141927169)
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Book
10/1987
Penguin Books Ltd
€27.50
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Person
Christopher Hibbert
