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Taking students to Rome?
Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient monuments. Rome Alive, Volume I, is an ideal introduction and valuable field companion for navigating Rome's ancient city. It describes the site and foundation of Rome, Walls and Aqueducts, the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Upper Sacra Via, the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum Area, the Imperial Fora, the Campus Martius, the Forum Boarium and Aventine, and the Circus Maximus to Tomb of Scipios, all using the words of the ancients who knew them best. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide.
A separate volume of sources in Greek and Latin is available for scholars who want access to the original texts.
Features
Introduction with information on ancient authors cited
English translation of Latin and Greek sources--drawn from histories, letters, speeches, inscriptions, and verse
Organization of sources by site, with commentary and notes to supplement original sources
Plenty of photographs, maps, and floorplans
General index
Separate volume of original Greek and Latin passages (Volume II)
Author Bio
Peter J. Aicher is an associate professor of classics at the University of Southern Maine. Aicher has appeared on Public Television's program, "Nova," and has published articles and translations in a wide variety of professional journals. He is the author of the popular Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome.
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Rome Alive, Vol. I, was recently selected as the only book to accompany the Rome Reborn Project, the only faithful 3-D reconstruction of Rome on the Internet based on the archaeological record. Rome Alive is currently being digitized for use with this project, and with Google Earth.
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