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Rome from the Ground Up

Mcgregor, James H S

Oxbow says: Described as a 'multifaceted historical portrait', this book takes the reader on a journey through the history of the city of Rome, or rather successive Romes, seen through the surviving sites and monuments seen in the modern city. The lucid and often poetic text combines history with architecture and topography as James McGregor discusses the changing face of Rome and the sources of power that brought about change. The book is divided into chronological chapters: the Tiber island and the ancient port; the Roman Forum; the Imperial city; early Christian churches; Vatican revival; Renaissance in the river bend; the Baroque expansion. This is not a guidebook, there are no maps and no information on amenities, but its format and structure means that it could be used as the basis of an itinerary around the modern city, visiting its monuments and its glorious past. 344p, b/w and col figs and pls (The Belknap Press of Harvard UP 2005)

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