Rome: the biography of a city 9780141927169, 014192716X

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seduct

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English Pages (ix, 387 pages) : illustrations, map Year 2009;2001

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9780141927169, 014192716X

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Table of contents :
Part 1: myths, monarchs and republicans
imperial Rome
bread and circuses
catacombs and Christians
infamy and anarchy
saints, tyrants and anti-popes
"the refuge of all the nations"
Renaissance and decadence
patrons and parasites
the sack of Rome. Part 2: recovery and reform
Bernini and the Baroque
il settecento
Napoleonic interlude
the Risorgimento and the Roman question
royal Rome
Roma fascista
epilogue - the eternal city. Part 3: notes on topography, buildings and works of art.

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