Roman mythology : a traveler's guide from Troy to Tivoli / David Stuttard
2019, 1st edition. London : Thames and Hudson. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426307
ISBN: 9780500252291
Physical description; 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1.Troy: Rome's Ancestral Homeland -- 2.Delos and Apollo's Patronage -- 3.Carthage and Dido's Curse -- 4.Eryx, Sicily and the Cult of Venus -- 5.Cumae: Where Past Meets Future -- 6.Lavinium: Pigs, Pizzas and Penates -- 7.Ardea: Centre of Resistance -- 8.Alba Longa: Hilltop Home of Kings, Emperors and Popes -- 9.The Palatine Hill: Palatial Seat of Power -- 10.The Capitol: Home of the Gods -- 11.Campus Martius: Field of Mars, Shrine of Heroes -- 12.The Aventine Hill: Power to the People -- 13.The Sublician Bridge and Trastevere: Protecting Rome -- 14.The Roman Forum: Senate and People -- 15.Tarquinia: Tombs, Kings and Refugees -- 16.Clusium: City of Lars Porsenna -- 17.Veii and the Triumph of Rome -- 18.Tivoli: Rome's World in Microcosm. Subjects; Mythology, Roman. RELIGION / General. Travel. Myths Classical Latin literature. Geography. Religion. Rome Description and travel. Rome (Empire).
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