Breviarium Urbis Romae Antiquae : editio altera stereotypa / Adrianus van Heck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heck, Adrianus van, author.

Contributor:

Heck, Adrianus van.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Literature.

Rome (Italy)--Antiquities--Guidebooks.

Rome (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (625 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

editio altera stereotypa

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2002.

Language Note:

Foreword in French and English.

Summary:

First published in 1977, the Breviarium Urbis Romae Antiquae is a classic among the literary Rome guides for those who want to be guided by the classics on their walks through the Eternal City. It aims at providing the reader with a collection of texts giving the most important information on the building activities of the Roman aediles which can be drawn from Latin sources, covering a period of about eleven centuries. The texts have been arranged according to the division of Rome in fourteen regions and are grouped around a monument. This unique and charming booklet should be on the wish list of every classicist, archaeologist and art historian.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Conspectvs

Au Lecteur

To the Reader

Bibliographia breuis

Ad lectorem prooemium

De Vrbe

Regio I: Porta Capena

Regio II: Caelimontium

Regio III: Isis et Serapis

Regio IV: Templum Pacis

Regio V: Esquiliae

Regio VI: Alta Semita

Regio VII: Via Lata

Regio VIII: Forum Romanum

Regio IX: Circus Flaminius

Regio X: Palatium

Regio XI: Circus Maximus

Regio XII: Piscina Publica

Regio XIII: Auentinus

Regio XIV: Transtiberim

Epilogus

Index rerum notabiliorum

Forma Vrbis situm XIV regionum illustrans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: van Heck, Adrianus Breviarium Urbis Romae Antiquae

ISBN:

9789004493728

OCLC:

606738141

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004493728 DOI