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Title Ancient Rome : the archaeology of the eternal city / edited by Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge
Published Oxford : Oxford University School of Archaeology, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 408 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Series Oxford University School of Archaeology monograph ; 54
Monograph (University of Oxford. School of Archaeology) ; 54.
Contents Perface : a bird's-eye view / Peter Wiseman -- Introduction : the archaeology and topography of Rome / Jon Coulston and Hazel Dodge -- Early and archaic Rome / Christopher Smith -- The city of Rome in the Middle Republic (400-100 BC) / Tim Cornell -- The moral museum : Augustus and the city of Rome / Susan Walker -- "Armed and belted men" : the soldiery in imperial Rome / Jon Coulston -- Building the Eternal City : the construction industry in imperial Rome / Janet DeLaine -- The feeding of imperial Rome : the mechanics of the food supply system / David Mattingly and Greg Aldrete -- "Greater than the pyramids" : the water supply of ancient Rome / Hazel Dodge -- Entertaining Rome / Kathleen Coleman -- Living and dying in the city of Rome : houses and tombs / John Patterson -- Religions of Rome / Simon Price -- Lost glories? : Rome at the end of the empire / Neil Christie -- Back to the future : archaeology and innovation in the building of Roma Capitale / Hugh Peter
Summary A major new book on the archaeology of Rome. The chapters, by an impressive list of contributors, are written to be as up-to-date and useful as possible, detailing lots of new research. There are new maps for the topography and monuments of Rome, a huge research bibliography containing 1,700 titles and the volume is richly illustrated. Essential for all Roman scholars and students
Bibliography Includes bibliographies at the end of each chapter, "research bibliography for the city of Rome", p. 360-400, and index
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Subject HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
Antiquities
Civilization
Archeologische aspecten.
SUBJECT Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115189
Rome -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115094
Subject Italy -- Rome
Rome (Empire)
Form Electronic book
Author Coulston, J. C., editor.
Dodge, Hazel., editor
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies.
University of Oxford. School of Archaeology.
ISBN 9781782975021
1782975020
9781782975045
1782975047