A Walk in Ancient Rome: A Vivid Journey Back in Time

by Cullen, John T.

• ISBN13: 9781596872011
• ISBN10: 1596872012
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-04
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

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 questions about life, careers, current events, and gossiped much like we do today. A Walk in Ancient Rome contains a narrative so rich that you can almost smell the fresh leather of harnesses, of flowers, perfumes, and baked goods; the sounds of the clatter of hooves on stone, the chatter of gossip and business transactions, and so much more. A Walk in Ancient Rome reveals the daily life in a unique way that puts you on the streets of Ancient Rome, in its shops and neighborhoods, in its forums and Colesium, on its boats and barges, and so much more!

Table of Contents

PART ONE SALT ROAD
Along the Tiber	3	(12)
Salt Slave	15	(5)
Hotel Balbi	20	(10)
Lanterns in the Fog	30	(3)
Surreal Arches	33	(4)
PART TWO AVENTINE DISTRICT
Hill of Shards	37	(5)
Aventine Hill	42	(3)
World's Greatest Shopping Mall	45	(6)
Bridge to the Gods	51	(8)
PART THREE GREAT RACEWAY DISTRICT
Ancient River Harbor	59	(3)
Circus Maximus	62	(7)
PART FOUR ROMAN FORUM DISTRICT
Velabrum	69	(6)
Capitoline Hill	75	(8)
Pontifex	83	(7)
Looking North from the Arx	90	(4)
Forum Romanum	94	(9)
PART FIVE PALATINE HILL DISTRICT
Swamp to Palace	103	(6)
Emperor	109	(4)
PART SIX PUBLIC POOL DISTRICT
Public Pool	113	(3)
Policeman	116	(6)
Vicus Horse Head	122	(5)
Balneum	127	(8)
PART SEVEN CAPENA GATE DISTRICT
Appian Way	135	(6)
Veteran	141	(5)
Enterprise	146	(5)
PART EIGHT CAELIAN HILL DISTRICT
Caelian Hill District	151	(4)
Beauty	155	(4)
Lateran	159	(4)
PART NINE ESQUILINE DISTRICT
Esquiline	163	(10)
PART TEN ISIS & SERAPIS DISTRICT
Temples of Isis & Serapis	173	(7)
Colosseum: Sands of Death	180	(9)
PART ELEVEN TEMPLE OF PEACE DISTRICT
Imperial Fora	189	(2)
Argiletum	191	(2)
Subura	193	(2)
People of Subura	195	(10)
PART TWELVE HIGH LANE DISTRICT
High Lane	205	(6)
Private Domus	211	(8)
PART THIRTEEN BROAD STREET DISTRICT
Broad Street	219	(1)
Porticus Europa	220	(2)
Hill of Small Gardens	222	(5)
PART FOURTEEN FLAMINIAN RACEWAY DISTRICT
Upper Campus Martius	227	(4)
Lower Campus Martius	231	(5)
Pantheon	236	(7)
PART FIFTEEN ACROSS THE TIBER DISTRICT
Mausoleum of Hadrian	243	(2)
Vatican Hill	245	(2)
Burial Places	247	(2)
Sea Battles	249	(9)
Transtiberim	258	(3)
Poignant Gardens	261	(3)
The New Port	264	(3)
Appendix A: Historical Background	267	(7)
Neolithic to Bronze Ages (10,000 B.C. -- 2,500 B.C.)	267	(1)
Bronze Age (2,500 B.C. -- 1,200 B.C.)	268	(1)
Dark Age (1,200 B.C. -- 800 B.C.)	269	(1)
Early Iron Age	270	(1)
Classical Mediterranean World (c. 750 B.C. to c. 600 A.D.)	271	(3)
Appendix B: Roman Religion: Numina Meet Shinto	274	(37)
Modern Questions, Ancient Answers	274	(1)
Christianity	275	(1)
Oriental Mystery Religions	275	(5)
Judaism	280	(2)
Greek Olympian Gods	282	(2)
Etruscan Deities	284	(4)
Rome's Animist Roots	288	(1)
Japan's Animist Roots	288	(2)
Understanding Animism	290	(3)
Archaic Roman Animism	293	(5)
Comparing Numenism & Kami-do	298	(7)
Why Deify Emperors?	305	(6)
Appendix C: Our Itinerary	311	(4)
Appendix D: Topological Notes	315	(2)
Appendix E: Our Itinerary and Regionary Catalogs	317	(3)
Author's Notes	320	(3)
Selected References	323