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Rome that still survive, in whole or in part. There are six chapters (Houses and Palaces, Private Dwellings, and "Zweckbauten"; Temples of the Capitoline, Forum Romanum, Campus Martius, and Imperial Fora; Sepulchral Monuments; Triumphal Arches and Honorary Columns; Theaters and Circuses; Halls, Basilicas, and Baths) followed by a supplement of twenty-two pages consisting of Practical Information for Visiting the Most Important Ruins, Monuments, Museums, and Collections of Rome (compiled by Dr. Margarete Quatember of Rome), Roman History in Outline (three pages), and a Selected Bibliography (less than two pages). Let me say in brief that I know no guide-book or introduction to the ruins of ancient Rome that combines so well the merits of pocket size, many illustrations, sufficient number of clear plans, up-to-date description, historical background, plus the useful matter included in the supplement. To be sure, everything is on a small scale (the Colosseum, for example, gets one and a half pages, the Baths of Diocletian about a half page), and there is no index; but on the other hand the book has the special merit of connecting the ruins well with both the past and the future; "the

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Author

Ernst H. Kantorowicz

Published

1952

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)