Everyday Life in Imperial Rome, Book in English *with DVD*

Maria Antonietta Lozzi Bonaventura,Lozzi Editori

ISBN 10: 8866680079 / ISBN 13: 9788866680079

Published by Archeolibri Srl, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Everyday Life in Imperial Rome, Book in English *with DVD*
• Publisher: Archeolibri Srl
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8866680079
• ISBN 13: 9788866680079
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Ricerca Due; Florence
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Imported from Italy, this astonishing English-language hardback book illustrates everyday life in Ancient Rome in full color with a patented system of cut-out overlays. It also includes an English language DVD featuring a virtual tour with lavish computer graphics. The book is designed with a patented system that allows the reader to compare ancient Rome and its present day ruins by lifting special overlay pages which have beautifully cut custom cut-outs. These custom overlays show lush illustrations of ancient life and their cut-out 'windows' reveal the site's surviving architectural features from the site's present-day photo, which is underneath. More than a dozen such overlays (including the book's cover) rendered in painstaking detail bring imperial Rome alive in a way other traditionally illustrated books cannot. Includes a DVD in English: "Ancient Rome, a Virtual Tour from Colosseum to St. Peter's" produced by MyMax for Archeolibri. Index of chapters --Crowds heading toward the Colosseum --Crossing the Roman Forum --Bustling Activity in the Roman Forum --A view of the Curia --In the 'ultramodern' Imperial Forums --A changing scenery --From the markets to the temple --In the piazza in front of the Colosseum --Before the amphitheatre: the Domus Aurea --In the vicinity of the amphitheatre: the baths --A building revolution between Nero and the Flavii --Entrance to the Colosseum --The surprising interiors of the Colosseum --Opening day: animal hunts, executions, and gladiator fights --The spectators take their seats in the amphitheatre --After the show, more praise to Titus --One step forward in history: the grand Rome of the Flavii --The Romans' passion for sports: chariot races --Other shows --Going home --Along the Appian Way

About the Author

Since 1935, Gruppo Lozzi Editori has published multilingual maps and guides of Rome. Their offerings now include a vast and diversified range of maps, map-guides, and guidebooks of Italian destinations and also a wide variety of educational and trade titles in hard cover and soft cover formats.