Rome: A Living Portrait of an Ancient City Ebook

Rather than look only at the physical development of the city?its buildings, monuments, and urban spaces?Dyson also explores its social, economic, and cultural histories. This unique approach situates Rome against a background of comparative urban history and theory, allowing Dyson to examine the dynamic society that once thrived there. In his personal effort to reconstruct the city, Dyson populates its streets with the hurried politicians, hawking vendors, and animated students that once lived, worked, and studied there, bringing the ancient city to life for a new generation of students and tourists. .eText ISBN: 9781421401010