The Seven Hills of Rome : : A Geological Tour of the Eternal City /

The Seven Hills of Rome : : A Geological Tour of the Eternal City / / Grant Heiken, Renato Funiciello, Donatella de Rita.

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From humble beginnings, Rome became perhaps the greatest intercontinental power in the world. Why did this historic city become so much more influential than its neighbor, nearby Latium, which was peopled by more or less the same stock? Over the years, historians, political analysts, and sociologist...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Heiken, Grant,
Funiciello, Renato,
Rita, Donatella de,
MitwirkendeR:
Veltroni, Walter,
TeilnehmendeR:
Veltroni, Walter.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2005
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 72 halftones. 19 line illus. 4 tables. 20 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. A Tourist's Introduction to the Geology of Rome
  • TIMELINES
  • CHAPTER 2. Center of the Western World-The Capitoline (Campidoglio) Hill
  • CHAPTER 3. Palaces and Gardens-The Palatine (Palatino) Hill
  • CHAPTER 4.The Aventine (Aventino) Hill
  • CHAPTER 5. The Tiber Floodplain, Commerce, and Tragedy
  • CHAPTER 6. The Tiber's Tributaries in Rome-Clogged with Humankind's Debris
  • CHAPTER 7. The Western Heights-Janiculum, Vatican, and Monte Mario
  • CHAPTER 8. The Celian (Celio) Hill
  • CHAPTER 9. Largest of the Seven Hills-The Esquiline (Esquilino)
  • CHAPTER 10. Upper Class - The Viminal (Viminale) and Quirinal (Quirinale) Hills
  • CHAPTER 11. Field Trips in and around Rome
  • Acknowledgments
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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