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Rome : the Biography of a City by Christopher Hibbert, 1924-2008 is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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ix, 387 pages : 26 cm Traces the history of Rome from legendary times to the modern city of today including notes on principal buildings and works of art Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-374) and index 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
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- Author
- Christopher Hibbert, 1924-2008
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393019841
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Travel, History
- Rating
- 3.87 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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