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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
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1 online resource (53 entries) : 53 images ; digital files. |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to the ancient world ; 101 |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world ; 101.
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| Contents |
Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of maps -- Introductory: Source material; Historical overview: from city-state to Christian center -- The urban landscape: A city of stories; Defining the city: the boundaries of Rome; The development of the city: an archaeological perspective -- The people: The population; Social structure and the plebs romana; The army in Imperial Rome -- The urban infrastructure: Rivers, roads, and ports; Feeding Rome: the grain supply; Water supply and sewers; Streets and street life; Urban administration in Rome -- Living in Rome: Housing; The Imperial thermae; Libraries and literary culture in Rome -- Dying in Rome: Hazards of life in ancient Rome: floods, fires, famines, footpads, filth, and fevers; Funerary practice in the city of Rome; Roman cemeteries and tombs -- The urban economy: The labor market; Production in Rome; The retail trade; The construction industry -- Civic life: Temples, colleges, and priesthoods; Entertainment; Law and lawcourts; The Roman Church; Political space -- The Roman triumph: The triumphal procession; Urban commemoration: the Pompa Triumphalis in Rome -- Receptions of Rome: Written Rome: ancient literary responses; The renaissance: the "discovery" of ancient Rome; Napoleonic Rome and "Roma Capitale"; Mussolini and Rome; The city of ancient Rome on screen. |
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
A Companion to the City of Rome presents a series of original essays from top experts that offer an authoritative and up-to-date overview of current research on the development of the city of Rome from its origins until circa AD 600. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Ancient.
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Rome -- Civilization.
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Rome -- History.
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Rome -- Antiquities.
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Electronic books.
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Holleran, Claire, 1979- editor.
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Claridge, Amanda, editor.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1405198192 9781405198196 xxvi, 758 pages : illustrations, maps |
| ISBN |
9781787857308 electronic version |
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9781405198196 hardback |
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1405198192 hardback |
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9781118300664 electronic bk. |
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1118300661 electronic bk. |
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