Rome

The ultimate guide to all the important archaeological sites in the city of Rome from the period 800 BC to AD 600, with over 200 site maps, plans, and photographs

Amanda Claridge is Reader in Classical Archaeology, Royal Holloway, University of London, and was formerly Lecturer in Archaeology at St John's College, Oxford. Assistant Director of the British School in Rome from 1980 to 1994, she is the author of numerous publications on Roman archaeology. Her wider archaeological activities include fieldwork in Italy, North Africa, and Turkey, and the study of Roman marbles and sculptural techniques, on which she is a noted authority.

- Introduction
- Historical Overview
- Documentary Sources
- Glossary
- The Roman Forum
- The Upper Via Sacra
- The Palatine
- Imperial Forums
- Field of Mars (Campus Martius)
- Capitoline Hill
- Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus
- Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill
- Caelian Hill and the inner Via Appia
- Lateran-Porta Maggiore
- The Viminal
- Pyramid-Testaccio
- Across the Tiber
- Parks of the Appia Antica
- Other Sites outside the Walls
- Museums
- Catacombs
- Chronological Table
- Opening Times and Charges
- References and Further Reading
- Index