The Building of Eternal Rome
Author | : Edward Kennard Rand |
Publisher | : Cambridge Harvard University Press 1943. |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Edward Kennard Rand |
Publisher | : Cambridge Harvard University Press 1943. |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edward Kennard Rand |
Publisher | : Cambridge Harvard University Press 1943. |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Grant Showerman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Grant Showerman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Pamela O. Long |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2018-11-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022659128X |
Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the “engineering pope” Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds of archival documents and primary sources, Engineering the Eternal City explores the processes and people involved in these infrastructure projects—sewers, bridge repair, flood prevention, aqueduct construction, the building of new, straight streets, and even the relocation of immensely heavy ancient Egyptian obelisks that Roman emperors had carried to the city centuries before. This portrait of an early modern Rome examines the many conflicts, failures, and successes that shaped the city, as decision-makers tried to control not only Rome’s structures and infrastructures but also the people who lived there. Taking up visual images of the city created during the same period—most importantly in maps and urban representations, this book shows how in a time before the development of modern professionalism and modern bureaucracies, there was far more wide-ranging conversation among people of various backgrounds on issues of engineering and infrastructure than there is in our own times. Physicians, civic leaders, jurists, cardinals, popes, and clerics engaged with painters, sculptors, architects, printers, and other practitioners as they discussed, argued, and completed the projects that remade Rome.
Author | : Phillip Barlag |
Publisher | : Red Wheel/Weiser |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2018-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1632651327 |
Any travel guide to Rome will urge visitors to go the Colosseum, but none answers a simple question: Why is it called the Colosseum? The History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of The Eternal City is compelling, concise, and fun, and takes you behind the iconic buildings to reveal the hidden stories of the people that forged the Roman Empire. Typical travel guides provide torrents of information but deny their readers depth and perspective. In this gap is the really good stuff--the stories that make the buildings come alive and vividly enhance any trip to Rome. The History of Rome in 12 Buildings will immerse you in the world of the Romans, one full of drama, intrigue, and scandal. With its help, you will be able to trace the rise and fall of the ancient world's greatest superpower: Find the last resting spot of Julius Caesar. Join Augustus as he offers sacrifices to the gods. Discover the lie on the fa�ade of the Pantheon. Walk in the footsteps of Jesus. And so much more.
Author | : Grant Heiken |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2013-10-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1400849373 |
From humble beginnings, Rome became perhaps the greatest intercontinental power in the world. Why did this historic city become so much more influential than its neighbor, nearby Latium, which was peopled by more or less the same stock? Over the years, historians, political analysts, and sociologists have discussed this question ad infinitum, without considering one underlying factor that led to the rise of Rome--the geology now hidden by the modern city. This book demonstrates the important link between the history of Rome and its geologic setting in a lively, fact-filled narrative sure to interest geology and history buffs and travelers alike. The authors point out that Rome possessed many geographic advantages over surrounding areas: proximity to a major river with access to the sea, plateaus for protection, nearby sources of building materials, and most significantly, clean drinking water from springs in the Apennines. Even the resiliency of Rome's architecture and the stability of life on its hills are underscored by the city's geologic framework. If carried along with a good city map, this book will expand the understanding of travelers who explore the eternal city's streets. Chapters are arranged geographically, based on each of the seven hills, the Tiber floodplain, ancient creeks that dissected the plateau, and ridges that rise above the right bank. As an added bonus, the last chapter consists of three field trips around the center of Rome, which can be enjoyed on foot or by using public transportation.
Author | : F. Marion Crawford |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2022-05-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"Ave Roma Immortalis" in tells us the story of Rome, presented by regions, sections, streets, villas, archeological remains and monuments one would see by walking thrugh the roads of the eternal city. _x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ The Making of the City_x000D_ The Empire_x000D_ The City of Augustus_x000D_ The Middle Age_x000D_ The Fourteen Regions:_x000D_ Monti_x000D_ Trevi_x000D_ Colonna_x000D_ Campo Marzo_x000D_ Ponte_x000D_ Parione_x000D_ Regola_x000D_ Sant' Eustachio_x000D_ Pigna_x000D_ Campitelli_x000D_ Sant' Angelo_x000D_ Ripa_x000D_ Trastevere_x000D_ Borgo_x000D_ Leo the Thirteenth_x000D_ The Vatican_x000D_ Saint Peter's
Author | : Hendrik Dey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 956 |
Release | : 2021-10-14 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1108985696 |
Integrating the written sources with Rome's surviving remains and, most importantly, with the results of the past half-century's worth of medieval archaeology in the city, The Making of Medieval Rome is the first in-depth profile of Rome's transformation over a millennium to appear in any language in over forty years. Though the main focus rests on Rome's urban trajectory in topographical, architectural, and archaeological terms, Hendrik folds aspects of ecclesiastical, political, social, military, economic, and intellectual history into the narrative in order to illustrate how and why the cityscape evolved as it did during the thousand years between the end of the Roman Empire and the start of the Renaissance. A wide-ranging synthesis of decades' worth of specialized research and remarkable archaeological discoveries, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the ancient imperial capital transformed into the spiritual heart of Western Christendom.
Author | : David Karmon |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2011-06-09 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0199766894 |
The Ruin of the Eternal City provides the first systematic analysis of the preservation practices of the popes, civic magistrates, and ordinary citizens of Renaissance Rome. This study offers a new understanding of historic preservation as it occurred during the extraordinary rebuilding of a great European capital city.