The Ancient City

[rekirts]

I own, and really like Peter Connolly's "The Ancient City, Life in Classical Athens and Rome" It has great pictures--photographs, reconstruction drawings, some cut-away diagrams.<br>
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Let me just give you the chapter headings for the Roman section:<br>
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The Site of Rome<br>
The Imperial Capital<br>
Government<br>
Food and Water<br>
Houses and Apartments<br>
Daily Life<br>
Shops, Bars, and Restaurants<br>
Many Gods<br>
A Day at the Races<br>
The Theatre<br>
The Colosseum<br>
A New Palace<br>
The Age of Appollodorus<br>
The Great Baths<br>
The City in Late Antiquity<br>
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Wendy <p></p><i></i>

[JRSCline]

When I was a kid, I had all the Osbourne books about time-travelling back to ancient Rome, the Vikings, Egyptians, etc. Lots of cartoons about people carrying on in various activities of life. Anybody heard of those?<br>
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Connolly's "Ancient City" is a great one along those lines for the kiddies, and equally good for adults with imagination.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Jenny<br>
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[Anonymous]

There is a book, i forget the title, about Rome which shows where the ancient city's monuments and buildings were in relation to the present city. I thought it was called Roman Antiquities but could not find the title on Amazon.<br>
Any one own the 400 dollar or so Atlas of the Roman world?<br>
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (with Map-by-Map Directory on CD-ROM)<br>
Please buy it for Christmas for me. I will give you the address.<br>
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[richsc]

I do have the Barrington Atlas, first volume, but alas, it is stuck in my library! <p>Legio XX<br>
Caupona Asellinae</p><i></i>