Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521559522)

What did the city of Rome mean to ancient Romans? Roman writers, Cicero, Virgil, Juvenal and others, described their city in many different ways: they marveled at its beauty, they despaired of its dirt, they explored its history, they lamented its absence. Their writings have played a vital part in determining responses to the city both in their own time and in later centuries. This book explores a wide range of descriptions of the city from later periods as well as from antiquity.

Author: Catharine Edwards
ISBN-10: 0521559529
ISBN-13: 9780521559522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/10/1996
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.01w x 0.43d