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Polybius, Rome, and the Hellenistic World: Essays and Reflections

Book by Frank W. Walbank; Cambridge University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Hellenism--Historiography, History, Ancient--Historiography, Polybius, Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

This volume contains nineteen important essays related to the Greek historian Polybius by Professor F.W. Walbank, the recognized authority on the subject. The essays deal with Polybius as a historian, with his views on Rome and with many historical topics for which he is the principal source. A ...
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This volume contains nineteen important essays related to the Greek historian Polybius by Professor F.W. Walbank, the recognized authority on the subject. The essays deal with Polybius as a historian, with his views on Rome and with many historical topics for which he is the principal source. A substantial introduction provides a critical account of work done on Polybius during the last twenty-five years. The book will be of special importance to students of Republican Rome and the Hellenistic world and also to anyone interested in historiography.
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Rome and the West

Book by Wiliiam Stearns Davis; Allyn and Bacon, 1912

Subjects:

History, Ancient, Rome--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ILLUSTRATIVE EXTRACTS FROM THE SOURCES II. ROME AND THE WEST BY WILIIAM STEARNS DAVIS...pervading the histories of Greece and Rome. It is a distinct loss of an opportunity...importance, as the Servian Constitution of Rome, have been deliberately omitted, because...
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Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide

Book by Amanda Claridge, Judith Toms, Tony Cubberley; Oxford University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Rome--Guidebooks, Rome (Italy)--Antiquities--Guidebooks

Collections: History, Entire Library

Capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the center of Christian Europe, the city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world. Here, Amanda Claridge presents an indispensable guide to all significant monuments in Rome dating from 800 BC to 600 AD. Included are such breathtaking ...
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Capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the center of Christian Europe, the city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world. Here, Amanda Claridge presents an indispensable guide to all significant monuments in Rome dating from 800 BC to 600 AD. Included are such breathtaking structures as the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian, the Circus Maximus, and the Catacombs. Divided into twelve main archaeological areas in central Rome, and four in Greater Rome, this accessible guide provides a detailed overview of the sites, as well as historical reference tables listing archaeological periods, emperors, and principal surviving buildings. The introduction offers an assessment of Roman achievement along with its status as the capital of the Roman Empire, and explains Rome's survival as the world's most complex archaeological site.
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Medieval Rome from Hildebrand to Clement VIII: 1073-1600

Book by William Miller; T.Fisher Unwin, 1904

Subjects:

Papal States--History, Rome (Italy)--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Story of the Nation MEDIAEVAL ROME ST. PETERS. MEDIAEVAL ROME FROM HILDEBRAND TO CLEMENT VIII. 1073-1600...suggested to me by the lack of a short history of Mediaeval Rome. Of the thousands of British and American visitors...
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Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration

Book by O. F. Robinson; Routledge, 1992

Subjects:

City Planning--Rome, Municipal Corporations (Roman Law), Municipal Government--Rome

Collections: History, Entire Library

Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of that law and system in the main areas of administration. The book incorporates and develops previous historical and topographical works by relating ...
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Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of that law and system in the main areas of administration. The book incorporates and develops previous historical and topographical works by relating their findings to the Roman legal framework, building up a portrait of public administration, unusually comprehensive for the ancient world.
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Journal Articles on: rome

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Du Bellay's Time in Rome: The Antiquitez

Journal article by Hassan Melehy; French Forum, Vol. 26, 2001

Subjects:

Classical antiquities--Portrayals, depictions, etc., French poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rome, Italy--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Sonnets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Du Bellays time in Rome: The Antiquitez by Hassan Melehy Rome and the Present In 1553, Joachim du Bellay sets out for Rome on a diplomatic and poetic mission: he is secretary to his older relative Cardinal Jean du Bellay, and he is...
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Rethinking Eighteenth-Century Rome

Journal article by Wendy Wassying Roworth; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Art, Roman--Exhibitions, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--Exhibitions, Rome, Italy--18th century

Collections: Entire Library

Rethinking Eighteenth-Century Rome by Wendy Wassying Roworth The Splendor of Eighteenth-Century Rome Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 16...RISHEL, EDS. Art in Eighteenth-Century Rome exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum...
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema and the Modern City of Ancient Rome

Journal article by Elizabeth Prettejohn; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Art, Modern--19th century, Cities and towns--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Classical antiquities--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Painters, Dutch--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rome (Ancient)--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...Alma-Tadema and the modern city of ancient Rome by Elizabeth Prettejohn History...Jetztzeit. Thus, to Robespierre ancient Rome was a past charged with the time of the...argue that the representation of ancient Rome in the work of the Dutch-born but London-based...
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Thomas Aquinas and Giles of Rome on the Will

Journal article by P.S. Eardley; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 56, 2003

Subjects:

Aquinas, Thomas, Saint--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Giles of Rome--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Will--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Thomas Aquinas and Giles of Rome on the will. by P.S. Eardley...writings of his famous pupil, Giles of Rome (1243/47-1316). For it was Giles, I want...with the rationality of choice. Giles of Rome, however, completed it. III A pupil...
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The Papacy and the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIII's Tower of the Winds in the Vatican

Journal article by Tod A. Marder; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome: Villa Culture at Frascati in the Borghese Era (Book)--Book reviews, The Papacy and the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIII's Tower of the Winds in the Vatican (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIIIs Tower of the Winds in the...the Art of Reform in Sixteenth-Century Rome: Gregory XIIIs Tower of the Winds in the...Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome: Villa Culture at Frascati in the Borghese...

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Magazine Articles on: rome

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Underground Rome: A Good Way to Study Ancient Rome Is to Explore the Cellars - and Subcellars - of Modern Rome

Magazine article by Tom Mueller; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, April 1997

Subjects:

Rome (Ancient state), Rome, Italy--Description and travel

Collections: Entire Library

Underground Rome: A Good Way to Study Ancient Rome Is to Explore the Cellars - and Subcellars - of Modern Rome. by Tom Mueller BENEATH modern Rome is a hidden city, as still as Rome is chaotic, as dark as Rome is luminous, with its...
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The Second Fall of Rome

Magazine article by Michael Lind; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Winter 2000

Subjects:

Civilization, Classical--Influence, Civilization, Western--Sources, Latin literature--Influence, Rome (Ancient)--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Second Fall of Rome. by Michael Lind Have the...prestige and classical values of ancient Rome? The reputation of Roman civilization...Tiber, after the river that ran through Rome. The Great Seal of the United States includes...
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Ancient Rome and the Pirates

Magazine article by Philip De Souza; History Today, Vol. 51, July 2001

Subjects:

Mediterranean Sea--Crime, Pirates--Crime, Rome (Ancient)--Crime

Collections: History, Entire Library

ANCIENT ROME AND THE PIRATES. by Philip de Souza...resources. By the end of the second century SC Rome was the leading political power in the Mediterranean...of the middle-ranking city magistrates of Rome, called praetors, and he was assigned the...
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Secrecy as a Factor in the Spread of New Technology: Photonics in the Rome Labs

Magazine article by Ruth C. Young, Joe D. Francis; Focus, Vol. 44, Spring 1994

Subjects:

Photonics--Research, Rome Air Development Center--Management, Technology transfer--Case studies

Collections: Entire Library

...in the Spread of New Technology: Photonics in the Rome Labs. by Ruth C. Young , Joe D. Francis...world. Have they succeeded in this transfer? The Rome, NY "Superlab" The Rome Laboratory has been at Griffiss Air Base in Rome...
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Cola Di Rienzi Proclaims Himself 'Tribune' of Rome

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 47, May 1997

Subjects:

Rienzi, Cola di--Biography, Rome, Italy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Cola di Rienzi proclaims himself tribune of Rome The coup detat staged in the ancient Capitol of Rome on Whit Sunday 1347, which made a thirty...Anagni, about sixty-five kilometres from Rome -- past home also of Pope Boniface VIII...

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Newspaper Articles on: rome

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Recounting Savage Battles, Victories of Ancient Rome with Caesar's Help

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 3, 2002

Subjects:

Caesar, Julius, Rome, Italy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Recounting savage battles, victories of ancient Rome with Caesars help Byline: Woody West...memoirs, letters, voluminous reports to Rome and, of course, his histories of his own...Apostles (St. Paul likely was escorted to Rome after his arrest by a centurion from the...
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Rome Police Arrest Leader of Kurdish Terror Group

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 14, 1998

Subjects:

Ocalan, Abdullah, Rome, Italy, Turkey

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Rome Police Arrest Leader of Kurdish Terror Group. Abdullah...has been sought for years by Turkey, has been detained in Rome after stepping off a flight from Moscow. Mr Necati Bilican...arrival on Thursday night at Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome. Ocalan is wanted under an international arrest warrant...
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Catholic Jubilee Brings 1 Million Young Pilgrims to Rome

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, August 14, 2000

Subjects:

Jubilee, Rome, Italy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Jubilee brings 1 million young pilgrims to Rome by Larry Witham The entire year in Rome has been "Jubilee 2000" for Roman Catholics...have generated pilgrimages and gatherings in Rome to mark the 2000th year of Christianity...
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When in Rome. You've Got to Live Life in the Fast Lane!

Newspaper article by David Kerr; The People (London, England), March 23, 1997

Subjects:

Rome, Italy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

When in Rome. Youve Got to Live Life in the Fast Lane...Italian driver?" He had a point. Traffic in Rome has about as much finesse as the chariot...while the traffic hurtles around outside! Rome IS history. Theres the Forum, the political...
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IT'S ROME SWEET ROME; Rugby's Tartan Army Invades Italy

Newspaper article by Bob Shields; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 5, 2000

Subjects:

Rome, Italy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ITS ROME SWEET ROME; Rugbys Tartan Army Invades Italy. by Bob Shields THE city...Scots version last night - "Eh ... Two Birrie" Scotlands rugby fans hit Rome and had the Italian lads marvelling at their capacity for beer. And...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: rome

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Rome , City, Italy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ROME , city, Italy Ital. Roma, city (1991 pop. 2,775,250), capital of Italy and see of the pope, whose residence, Vatican City , is a sovereign state within the city of Rome. Rome is also the capital of Latium, a region of central Italy, and of Rome prov. It lies on both banks of the Tiber and its...
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American Academy in Rome

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME founded in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome by Charles F. McKim and enlarged in 1897 with the founding of the American Academy in Rome for students of architecture, sculpture, and painting...
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Palatine , Hill, Rome

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

PALATINE , hill, Rome hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Rome, University Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ROME, UNIVERSITY OF at Rome, Italy; founded 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII. It has faculties of jurisprudence; political science; economics and commerce; statistics, demography, and actuarial science; letters and philosophy; education; medicine; mathematics...
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Proconsul , in Ancient Rome

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

PROCONSUL , in ancient Rome in ancient Rome, governor of a provin