Rome :

Carandini, Andrea.

Rome : day one / Andrea Carandini ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011. - 172 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.

"First published in Italian under the title Roma: Il Primo Giorno by Gius. Laterza & Figli S.p.A., Rome, in 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First thoughts -- An epochal event -- The site of Rome before Rome -- The places of Rome -- Remus and Romulus and the kings of Alba Longa -- The Palatine -- The preliminary rite on the Aventine -- The blessing of the Palatine and the founding of Roma quadrata -- The founding of the forum, the capitol, and the citadel -- The forum -- The capitolium and the arx -- The ordering of the regnum, or the constitutio romuli -- The ordering of time -- The ordering of space and men -- Enemies.

0691139229 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691139227 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2010040559


Romulus, King of Rome


Archaeology and history--Italy--Rome.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Rome.
Mythology, Roman.


Rome--History--Kings, 753-510 B.C.

DG 233.3 / .C37513 2011

937/.6301