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9780140070781

Rome The Biography of a City

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  • ISBN13:

    9780140070781

  • ISBN10:

    0140070788

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1987-10-15
  • Publisher: Penguin

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A portrait, a history and a superb guide book - this beautifully written, informative study captures the seductive beauty and the many-layered past of the Eternal City. From its quasi-mythical origins, through the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the Renaissance, to its time at the heart of Mussolini's fascist Italy, Christopher Hibbert details the turbulent and dramatic history of this extraordinary place.

Table of Contents

Author's Notep. ix
Myths, Monarchs and Republicansp. 3
Imperial Romep. 24
Bread and Circusesp. 45
Catacombs and Christiansp. 64
Infamy and Anarchyp. 81
Saints, Tyrants and Anti-Popesp. 97
'The Refuge of All the Nations'p. 113
Renaissance and Decadencep. 125
Patrons and Parasitesp. 139
The Sack of Romep. 153
Recovery and Reformp. 165
Bernini and the Baroquep. 179
Il Settecentop. 200
Napoleonic Interludep. 227
The Risorgimento and the Roman Questionp. 244
Royal Romep. 274
Roma Fascistap. 286
Epilogue: The Eternal Cityp. 305
Notes on Topography, Buildings and Works of Artp. 315
Sourcesp. 371
Indexp. 375
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