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Ancient Rome / Virginia L. Campbell.

By: Series: Pocket museumPublisher: New York, New York : Thames & Hudson ; London ; Quintessence Editions Ltd., 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500293481
  • 9780500293485
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DG78 .C26 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Early Italy and the 'Age of Kings' (c. 900-509 BCE) -- The Republic (c. 509-27 BCE) -- Early Empire (c. 27 BCE-285 CE) -- Late Empire (285-476 CE).
Summary: If all the portable artifacts of Ancient Rome were in a single location, the lives of students, historians, and connoisseurs would be immeasurably simpler. But the masterpieces are in museums all over the world. This book identifies 200 of the most important of these works, and describes them vividly and informatively in ways that reveal how each is a key object in its own right - a creation that commemorates a great event or heralds the start of a new era in creativity or politics. From coins of the fifth century bce to pottery made at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, each object reveals an important insight into this highly influential ancient civilization.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DG78 .C26 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001484988

Includes glossary.

Includes indexes.

Introduction -- Early Italy and the 'Age of Kings' (c. 900-509 BCE) -- The Republic (c. 509-27 BCE) -- Early Empire (c. 27 BCE-285 CE) -- Late Empire (285-476 CE).

If all the portable artifacts of Ancient Rome were in a single location, the lives of students, historians, and connoisseurs would be immeasurably simpler. But the masterpieces are in museums all over the world. This book identifies 200 of the most important of these works, and describes them vividly and informatively in ways that reveal how each is a key object in its own right - a creation that commemorates a great event or heralds the start of a new era in creativity or politics. From coins of the fifth century bce to pottery made at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, each object reveals an important insight into this highly influential ancient civilization.

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