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Rome

By: Amanda Claridge

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The city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world, capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the centre of Christian Europe. This guide provides: · Coverage of all the important sites in the city from 800 BC to AD 600 and the start of the early middle ages, drawing on the latest discoveries and the best of recent scholarship · Over 220 high-quality maps, site plans, diagrams and photographs · Sites divided into fourteen main areas, with star ratings to help you plan and prioritize your visit: Roman Forum; Upper Via Sacra; Palatine; Imperial Forums; Campus Martius; Capitoline Hill; Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus; Colosseum and Esquiline hill; Caelian hill and the inner via Appia; Lateran to Porta Maggiore; Viminal hill; Pyramid to Testaccio; the outer via Appia; other outlying sites; Museums and Catacombs. · Introduction offering essential background to the history and culture of ancient Rome, placing the city in the context of the development of the empire, highlighting the nature of Roman achievement, and explaining how Rome came to be the largest city in the ancient world. · Comprehensive glossaries of Rome's building materials, techniques and building types, a chronological table of kings, emperors, and the early popes, information about opening times, references and suggestions for further reading and a detailed user-friendly index. For this new edition the original text has been extensively revised, adding over 20 more sites and illustrations, the itineraries have been re-organized and expanded to suit the many changes that have taken place in the past decade, and the practical information and references have been fully updated.

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OUP Oxford

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0191501387

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9780191501388

Rome

An Oxford Archaeological Guide

By: Amanda Claridge,Judith Toms,Tony Cubberley

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Rome

An Oxford Archaeological Guide

By: Amanda Claridge,Judith Toms,Tony Cubberley

The ultimate guide to all the important archaeological sites in the city of Rome from the period 800 BC to AD 600, with over 200 site maps, plans, and photographs.

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Oxford University Press

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0199546835

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9780199546831

What They Do in the Dark: A Novel

By: Amanda Coe

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What They Do in the Dark: A Novel

By: Amanda Coe

Two ten-year-old girls growing up in a tough town in the 1970s think their dreams are about to come true when a popular television star shoots a movie nearby, but instead face awful consequences when they become victims of playground bullying.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393081389

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9780393081381

Newspaper Titan

The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson

By: Amanda Smith

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Newspaper Titan

The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson

By: Amanda Smith

A portrait of the newspaper proprietress shares details of her high-profile family life, her famous merger of the "Washington Herald" and "Washington Times, " and her considerable role in influencing period politics and society.

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Knopf

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0375411003

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9780375411007

His Unlikely Duchess

A Victorian Historical Romance

By: Amanda McCabe

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His Unlikely Duchess

A Victorian Historical Romance

By: Amanda McCabe

Money can buy her marriage But will it lead to love? Miss Lily Wilkins hopes her American money will compensate for her lack of etiquette, as she needs a prestigious marriage to save her sisters’ prospects. Raised to believe wealth was her greatest attribute, she’s stunned when her unconventional ways catch the eye of the notorious Duke of Lennox. He’s far from the safe, sensible match she’d planned on—but Lily might just discover he’s the one she needs! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Dollar Duchesses Money for Marriage into London Society Book 1: His Unlikely Duchess

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1488071640

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9781488071645

Pompeii A.D. 79

Treasures from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, and the Pompeii Antiquarium

By: John Bryan Ward-Perkins,Amanda Claridge,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Pompeii A.D. 79

Treasures from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, and the Pompeii Antiquarium

By: John Bryan Ward-Perkins,Amanda Claridge,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This book displays the culture, economy, industry, cults and beliefs, paintings, sculptures, and architecture of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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0878461248

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9780878461240

Classical Manuscript Illustrations

By: Amanda Claridge,Ingo Herklotz

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Classical Manuscript Illustrations

By: Amanda Claridge,Ingo Herklotz

Tiré de la jaquette: "The 160 drawings catalogued in this volume, all but one now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, are derived from five ancient manuscripts : the famous Vatican Vergil, the so-called "Roman Vergil", The Vatican Terence and the less well-known Palatine Agrimensores, all in the Vatican Library, and from a fifth now lost codex, known as the Chronography or Calendar of 354.

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Harvey Miller Pub

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190537576X

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9781905375769

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Rome

Rome

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Rome

What They Do in the Dark: A Novel

What They Do in the Dark: A Novel

Newspaper Titan

Newspaper Titan

His Unlikely Duchess

His Unlikely Duchess

Pompeii A.D. 79

Pompeii A.D. 79

Classical Manuscript Illustrations

Classical Manuscript Illustrations

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