Ancient Rome, in the Visual Explorer Guide series, is a fascinating
exploration that provides more than a glimpse of the grandeur of ancient
Roman life.
Think of Rome and you quickly picture so many treasures from the ancient
world: the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, the Pantheon, the Forum. At
its height in the 2nd century CE, the Roman Empire, reaching out from
its heart in the city of Rome itself, was the most extensive political
and social structure in western civilization. Still today, almost 2,000
years later, we marvel at how sophisticated and grand Roman society
was--and how much of ancient Rome has survived for us to see in the
modern Italian metropolis. From public baths to catacombs, from the
Appian Way to small frescoes and sculptures, from temples to private
houses to aqueducts, Visual Explorer Guide: Ancient Rome shows the
reader both the world-famous and lesser-known sites in the city. What
emerges is a picture of not only the grandeur of antiquity, but also the
last days of pagan worship, as by Rome's final days temples were being
converted into churches.
