| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
ix, 387 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Myths, monarchs and republicans -- Imperial Rome -- Bread and circuses -- Catacombs and Christians -- Infamy and anarchy -- Saints, tyrants and anti-popes -- 'The refuge of all the nations' -- Renaissance and decadence -- Patrons and parasites -- The sack of Rome -- Recovery and reform -- Bernini and the Baroque -- Il settecento -- Napoleonic interlude -- The Risorgimento and the Roman question -- Royal Rome -- Roma fascista. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 371-[374] |
| Subject |
Rome (Italy) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0393019845: $25.00 |
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