The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome

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In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity, spring to life under the masterful pen of Peter Connolly. The entire historical and archaelogical evidence has been seamlessly pieced together to reconstruct the architectural wonders of these mighty civilizations. Re creating public buildings, religious temples, shops, and houses, Connolly reveals each and every aspect of life in glorious detail, from religion and food to drama, games, and the baths. Along with the great monuments and moments of classical Greece and Rome, readers learn about a typical day in the life of an Athenian and a Roman. They read about and see the houses people inhabited; attend 5 day festivals and go to the theater; fight great battles and witness the birth of Rome’s navy; consult with temples and spend a day on the chariot races. The spectacular artwork and vivid descriptions provide a window into the fascinating history of these two unusual cities and civilizations. The Ancient City is the crowning achievement of Peter Connolly’s distinguished career.
Peter Connolly’s marvelous full-color drawings of the private and non-private structures of Athens and Rome are the easiest illustrative counterpart to his detailed description of city life (cowritten by Hazel Dodge) in the classical era. The Ancient City covers the Greece of the golden years of Athens (approximately the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.), and the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Septimius Severus (27 B.C. to A.D. 211). Along with such monuments as the Parthenon and the Colosseum, adolescent readers–and adults just starting to study the ancient world–can learn about the two era’s different forms of government, recent fashions, home life, and entertainment.

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