The Roman Forum

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"There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. Napoleon celebrated his Festival of Liberty there. David Watkin's Forum is the site as it was famous for centuries, celebrated in the romantic views of the Grand Tour, not the archaeologists' building site it has become. He helps us rediscover the Forum's rich history during and since antiquity, and that of the remarkable buildings which later centuries have added to th…

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Title Statements

Full title :The Roman Forum / David Watkin.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

Notes

Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : : illustrations, map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674063679, 0674063678, 9781847650528, 184765052X
oclc:ocn819330027
LC Classification:DG66.5
Dewey Decimal:945/.632

Life in the Forum in antiquity -- Visiting the ancient buildings with Piranesi -- What Piranesi does not show -- Churches in the Forum -- From the Renaissance to the Grand Tour -- From Byron to King Victor Emmanuel -- From Mussolini and Hitler to holes in the ground -- Making a visit.

Subjects

Antiquities Architecture romaine -- Italie Architecture, Roman Architecture, Roman -- Italy buildings City and town life City and town life -- History. -- Italy Forum romain (Rome, Italie) Forum Romanum Historic buildings Historic buildings -- Italy History HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome HISTORY -- Europe Italy -- Rome Manners and customs Piranesi, Giovanni Battista Roman Forum (Rome, Italy) Rome -- Antiquités Rome -- Antiquities