Rome Alive

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• Product Description

  Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient monuments. Rome Alive describes the Site and Foundation of Rome, Walls and Aqueducts, the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Upper Sacra Via, the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum Area, the Imperial Fora, the Campus Martius, the Forum Boarium and Aventine, and the Circus Maximus to Tomb of Scipios, all using the words of the ancients who knew them best. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide. A separate volume of sources in Greek and Latin is available for scholars who want access to the original texts.

  Special Features

  An ideal introduction and valuable field companion for navigating Rome's ancient city, Rome Alive! features:

  Introduction with information on ancient authors cited
  Latin and Greek sources, in translation
  Organization by site, with commentary and notes to supplement original sources
  Plenty of photographs, maps, and floorplans
  General index
  Separate volume of original Greek and Latin passages (Vol. II)

  Also available:

  Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome - ISBN 0865162824
  Rome and Her Monuments: Essays on the City and Literature of Rome in Honor of Katherine A. Geffcken - ISBN 0865164576

  For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar. We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books.

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  Selections From The Aeneid
  Latin Grammar & Pronunciation
  Greek Grammar & Pronunciation
  Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin
  Classical author workbooks: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero
  Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections: Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace
  Greek Mythology
  Greek Lexicon
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