Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City Volume IWhether 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 city. 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. |
Contents
Italy map 25 | 5 |
Statue of Tiber photo | 9 |
Republican Servian Walls map | 14 |
Walls and Aqueducts | 15 |
Aurelian Walls map | 18 |
Appia Gate photo | 20 |
Aqueducts in Rome map | 24 |
Aqua Claudia at Romavecchia photo | 28 |
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina photo | 138 |
Temple of Romulus Jupiter Stator? 55 Basilica of Constantine | 139 |
Statue of Constantine Fragments photo | 141 |
Temple of Rome and Venus | 143 |
Arch of Titus | 145 |
Arch of Titus photo | 146 |
Palatine Hill in Imperial Times map | 148 |
The Palatine Hill | 149 |
Aqueducts at Porta Maggiore map | 34 |
Porta Maggiore photo | 35 |
Channel of Neros Aqueduct photo | 36 |
Capitoline Hill map | 42 |
The Capitoline Hill | 43 |
Early Rome photo of plaster model | 44 |
The Roman Triumph | 54 |
Capitoline Cliffs photo | 58 |
Tarpeian Cliffs 13 Temple of Jupiter Feretrius | 60 |
Temple of Jupiter Tonans | 62 |
Grove of Asylum | 63 |
Temple of Veiovis | 65 |
Tabularium | 66 |
Temple of Juno Moneta 19 Auguraculum | 67 |
View from Auguraculum photo | 68 |
Prison Carcer Gemonian Steps | 69 |
Roman Forum map | 72 |
The Roman Forum 333 | 73 |
Roman Forum photo | 75 |
Cloaca Maxima map | 80 |
Pool of Curtius Lacus Curtius and Forum Fig Trees | 81 |
Shrine of Janus Geminus | 84 |
Republican Senate House Comitium and Rostra plan | 87 |
Imperial Senate House photo | 88 |
Black Stone Lapis Niger 26 Curia Comitium Rostra Overview 27 Republican Senate House Curia Hostilia | 89 |
Imperial Senate House Curia Julia | 90 |
Republican Rostra | 92 |
Imperial Rostra | 93 |
Temple of Concord | 96 |
Mundus | 97 |
Golden Milestone 34 Navel of Rome Umbilicus Urbis 35 Temple of Saturn | 98 |
Temple of Castor and Pollux | 102 |
Shrine and Pool of Juturna 38 Overview of Forum Basilicas | 107 |
Early Basilicas 40 Basilica Aemilia Basilica Paulli | 109 |
Porticus of Gaius and Lucius | 110 |
Basilica Julia 43 Temple of Julius Caesar | 111 |
Temple of Vespasian | 116 |
Temple of Vespasian Entablature photo | 117 |
Arch of Septimius Severus | 118 |
Column of Phocas | 120 |
Upper Sacred Way map | 122 |
The Upper Sacra Via | 123 |
Sacred Way photo | 124 |
Temple of Vesta | 129 |
Regia | 130 |
House of the Vestals | 132 |
Domus Publica | 135 |
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina | 136 |
General Sources 59 Lupercal Cave | 150 |
Temple of Victory | 151 |
Temple of Magna Mater | 154 |
Palatine House of Augustus plan | 157 |
Houses of Romulus and Augustus 63 Temple of Apollo | 159 |
Palace of Tiberius | 161 |
Palace of Domitian | 164 |
Palace of Domitian plan | 165 |
The Colosseum Area 149 | 170 |
The Fire of A D 64 Neros Fire 67 Circus of Gaius and Nero Vatican Area 68 Neros Golden House Domus Aurea 69 | 176 |
Colossus of Nero | 178 |
Colosseum Flavian Amphitheater | 180 |
Arch of Constantine | 184 |
Gardens of Maecenas | 186 |
The Imperial Forums 73 Forum of Caesar 74 Forum of Augustus 75 Forum of Peace 76 Forum of Nerva Transitorium 77 Argiletum and Subura 78 ... | 188 |
The Campus Martius | 190 |
Pantheon | 214 |
Overview | 215 |
Villa Publica 83 Voting Pens Saepta Julia | 219 |
Ballot Office Diribitorium | 220 |
Theater of Balbus | 222 |
Porticus Minucia and Largo Argentina Temples 87 Theater of Pompey | 226 |
Baths of Agrippa | 229 |
Temples of Isis and Serapis | 239 |
Temple of Hadrian 93 Column of Marcus Aurelius 94 Obelisks of Rome Sundial of Augustus | 240 |
Altar of Augustan Peace Ara Pacis 96 Mausoleum of Augustus | 245 |
Mausoleum of Hadrian | 251 |
The Forum Boarium and Aventine 98 General Sources 99 Circus Flaminius 100 Temple of Hercules of the Muses 101 Porticus of Octavia 102 Theat... | 257 |
189 | 260 |
Temple of Apollo Medicus | 264 |
Temple of Bellona | 266 |
Tiber Island and Temple of Aesclepius 106 Forum Holitorium | 268 |
Temple of Pietas 108 Temple of Janus | 270 |
Temple of Juno Sospitas | 271 |
Temple of Hope | 272 |
Temple of Mater Matuta 112 Temple of Fortuna 113 Forum Boarium | 273 |
Arch of the Silversmiths Argentarii 115 Temple of Portunus 116 Pons Aemilius 117 Pons Sublicius | 278 |
Boat of Aeneas | 281 |
Ara Maxima Altar of Hercules 120 Round Temple | 284 |
Aventine Hill | 285 |
Temple of Ceres | 288 |
Temple of Flora | 289 |
Clivus Publicius 125 Temple of Diana | 291 |
Porticus Aemilia | 293 |
Pyramid of Cestius | 294 |
The Circus Maximus to the Tomb of the Scipios 128 Circus Maximus 129 Camenae Springs | 296 |
257 | 302 |
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