Superb, detailed reconstructions of buildings provide the starting-point for a vivid exploration of these two great cities and the lives of the people who inhabited them. Peter Connolly's illustrations and reconstructions have a unique authority, with their blend of superb draughtsmanship, imagination, and meticulous research. The text appeals to a wide spectrum of readers, from young adults to professional historians.
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Peter Connolly's marvelous full-color drawings of the public and private structures of Athens and Rome are the perfect 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). In addition to such monuments as the Parthenon and the Colosseum, adolescent readers--and adults just beginning to study the ancient world--can learn about the two era's different forms of government, contemporary fashions, home life, and entertainment.
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"A fascinating, close-up picture of what daily life was like for the inhabitants of the two most celebrated cities of the Western Classical Age. Private houses, public spaces, city streets, shops, restaurants, Greek temples, Roman baths, clothing, hairdos, utensils, customs, beliefs, manners, and mores are among the many areas that Connolly covers.... Lucid, succinct, easy-to-follow, and the hundreds of illustrations--photographs, maps, drawings, and diagrams--are attractive and very much to the point."--The Christian Science Monitor
"Strewn with minutely detailed cityscapes, cutaway views, and interiors, this hefty urban study recaptures the architectural glories of two great cities in their heydays.... Equally suited to casual readers or serious study."--Kirkus Reviews (pointer review)
"Remarkable... The elaborate maps and lavish illustrations that grace every page most vividly communicate the tenor and the texture of classical antiquity.... A superior historical, sociological, and architectural survey."--Booklist
"Peter Connolly's eminent reputation as an archaeological illustrator can only be enhanced by this superb book... He has made two great civilizations come alive on the page.... If you want to know exactly what it looked like when Socrates attended the famous Symposium with Agathon and Aristophanes, or what Suetonius saw when he described Nero's Golden House, this is the book to tell you."--Times Educational Supplement
"A fascinating, close-up picture of what daily life was like for the inhabitants of the two most celebrated cities of the Western Classical Age. Private houses, public spaces, city streets, shops, restaurants, Greek temples, Roman baths, clothing, hairdos, utensils, customs, beliefs, manners, and mores are among the many areas that Connolly covers.... Lucid, succinct, easy-to-follow, and the hundreds of illustrations--photographs, maps, drawings, and diagrams--are attractive and very much to the point."--The Chri
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The two great western cities of antiquity come to life in this book superbly illustrated by Connolly. Divided into two parts, the first deals with Athens in the hundred years following the Persian Wars, which began in the 4th Century BC. Chapters cover the city's early history, the city's defenses, the development of democracy, daily and work life, domestic and religious architecture, celebrations and sports, and the history of Athenian theatre. Connolly's colour plates are plentiful, colourful and detailed, and bring the concise and detailed text to life. The construction techniques of the Parthenon, the Erechtheum and common houses are illustrated, and styles of wall painting are shown. Part II covers the development of Rome from the reign of Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) to that of Septimius Severus (193 AD - 211 AD). The early site of Rome on the Tiber prior to the Empire is covered, with chapters illustrating the transformation of Rome under Augustus, Roman law and the civil service, the aqueducts and ports of Rome, housing for the different social strata of the city, daily life, commercial activity, religion and worship, chariot racing at the Circus Maximus, the theatre, gladiatorial games at the Colosseum, Domitian's great palace, and the heated baths. The illustrations of architecture and construction of the many buildings included here are helped by the specialist scholarship of Hazel Dodge. The most breathtaking views to me are the birds-eye views of the two cities, Athens in the 4th Century BC dominated by the Acropolis, and Rome during Severus' reign dominated by the Colosseum, each with a small keyed index showing the major sites of interest.... Lesen Sie weiter... ›
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Format:Taschenbuch
This is a really good book, with a lot of great artworks and a lot of information. It covers all aspects of ancient life, from religion to espectacles, without forgetting things like government or clothing.
However, the economy is almost forgotten. The book mentions the cost of an acueduct, but without comparing it to others or telling how much money did people have or how did they spend it.
In short, a book for everyone who would like to know more about life in Athens or Rome.
Von Hanni
Format:Taschenbuch
Overall this book is a real treasure. The recreations of the cities are stunning as are the larger maps. It is very well written and easily read in two evenings.
There are a few things that could use some improvement. For example in the section on aqueducts. They mention that the Aqua Marcia cost more than 180 million sesterces, however the only other mention of money is in regard to class membership (one needed 1 million to qualify for the senate and 400,000 to qualify for the equestrian class). None of the other aqueducts or buildings are given a price, so this number is meaningless. A paragraph on money should have been included.
In several chapters they discuss different theories such as the operation of awnings, but in others they write only one theory, for example the origins of Mithras. Now I realize this is not the thesis of this book, but better care could have been taken.
Far more serious is the misinformation on Roman Government pertaining to dictators. They don't mention the office at all except on a graph where they claim only Sulla and Caesar were dictators. (In a modern sense this may be true, but that's not the point.) The office always existed to be filled only in times of need, such as war. The were several dictators before Sulla.
I would like to have seen more on engineering and logistics, things you don't get out of other history books. That aside this book is a lot of fun.
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Really mostly that. The book does not contain a great deal of new information - that isn t its remit. Many fine and highly detailed drawings bring the architecture of antiquity to splendid life.
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