Description
Book SynopsisThis unique guide will prove a fascinating and illuminating companion for both sophisticated visitors to the Eternal City and armchair travelers seeking a novel perspective into Rome's rich history.
Trade ReviewLatin is a less and less common attainment even among educated travellers, so Tyler Lansford has come to the rescue... If this book is not slipped into many a Rome-bound suitcase, there is no justice in the world. I can think of few more enjoyable companions on a prowl through the city. -- Jane Stevenson Times Literary Supplement 2010 The Latin Inscriptions of Rome is a delight, one to which I shall turn and to which I shall send my students when in Rome, and which I recommend to everyone interested in gaining a wealth of detailed information about 'the epigraphic habit' and its importance to our understanding not just of ancient Rome, but of every era of the Eternal City's incredible history. -- James C. Anderson Classical Outlook 2010 Tyler Lansford... has put together the most original and stimulating guide to the Eternal City of the hundreds published in recent years. -- Masolino D'Amico La Stampa 2010
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Arms of Selected Popes
General Abbreviations and Symbols
Latin and Greek Abbreviations
General Map
1. The Capitoline Hill
2. The Forum & Environs
3. The Subura & Environs
4. The Esquiline Hill
5. From the Forum Boarium to San Paolo fuori le Mura
6. From San Clemente to the Via Appia
7. The Lateran & Environs
8. The Quirinal Hill
9. From San Marco to Piazza di Spagna
10. From Piazza del Popolo to Piazza Colonna
11. The Pantheon & Environs
12. From Corso del Rinascimento to Via Giulia
13. From Via del Pellegrino to Santa Cecilia
14. From Ponte Sisto to the Acqua Paola
15. The Borgo & the Vatican
Glossary
Metrical Schemes
Index of First Lines
Index of Sites
