THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ANCIENT ROME

Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of s ize, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume ex plores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leadi ng historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from poli...[Read more]