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Rome: The Biography of a City

By Christopher Hibbert

Book information

Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Year
1988
ISBN
0140070788, 9780140070781
Open Library ID
OL7347014M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
17 MB (17869200 bytes)
Pages
400\0
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the Renaissance, to its time at the heart of Mussolini's fascist Italy. Exploring the city's streets and buildings, peopled with popes, gladiators, emperors, noblemen and peasants, this volume details the turbulent and dramatic history of Rome in all its depravity and grandeur.

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