Walk in Ancient Rome : A Vivid Journey Back in Time

by John T. Cullen

• ISBN13: 9781416504177
• ISBN10: 1416504176
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-05-17
• Publisher: I Books

Summary

What would it be like to return to Ancient Rome and discover what things were really like? A Walk in Ancient Rome is a fascinating journey that takes you back to a world so similar to ours, and yet totally different. A place where people asked the same qu

Table of Contents

Salt road
Along the Tiber	p. 3
Salt slave	p. 15
Hotel Balbi	p. 20
Lanterns in the fog	p. 30
Surreal arches	p. 33
Aventine district
Hill of shards	p. 37
Aventine Hill	p. 42
World's greatest shopping mall	p. 45
Bridge to the gods	p. 51
Great raceway district
Ancient river harbor	p. 59
Circus Maximus	p. 62
Roman forum district
Velabrum	p. 69
Capitoline Hill	p. 75
Pontifex	p. 83
Looking north from the Arx	p. 90
Forum Romanum	p. 94
Palatine Hill district
Swamp to palace	p. 103
Emperor	p. 109
Public pool district
Public pool	p. 113
Policeman	p. 116
Vicus horse head	p. 122
Balneum	p. 127
Capena gate district
Appian Way	p. 135
Veteran	p. 141
Enterprise	p. 146
Caelian Hill district
Caelian Hill district	p. 151
Beauty	p. 155
Lateran	p. 159
Esquiline district
Esquiline	p. 163
Isis & Serapis district
Temples of Isis & Serapis	p. 173
Colosseum : sands of death	p. 180
Temple of Peace district
Imperial fora	p. 189
Argiletum	p. 191
Subura	p. 193
People of Subura	p. 195
High Lane district
High Lane	p. 205
Private Domus	p. 211
Broad Street district
Broad Street	p. 219
Porticus Europa	p. 220
Hill of small gardens	p. 222
Flaminian raceway district
Upper campus Martius	p. 227
Lower campus Martius	p. 231
Pantheon	p. 236
Across the Tiber district
Mausoleum of Hadrian	p. 243
Vatican Hill	p. 245
Burial places	p. 247
Sea battles	p. 249
Transtiberim	p. 258
Poignant gardens	p. 261
The new port	p. 264
Roman religion : Numina meet Shinto	p. 274
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