The ancient city : life in classical Athens & Rome / Peter Connolly, Hazel Dodge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000, c1998.Edition: 1st pbk edDescription: 256 p. : col. ill., col. maps, plans ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0195215826 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Ancient city : life in classical Athens and Rome
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Contents:
pt. I. Athens. The golden years : Athens in the fifth century BC -- The keys to survival : the city's defences, and food and water supplies -- The cradle of democracy : the workings of the world's first democracy -- Daily life : life in fifth-century BC Athens -- Work : earning a living in Athens -- The houses of Athens : Athenian domestic architecture -- Temples for the gods : Athenian religious buildings -- A festival for Athena : celebrations and sports for Athena's birthday -- The theatre : Athenian drama : the world's first plays --
pt. II. Rome. The site of Rome : Rome before the Empire -- The imperial capital : the transformation of Rome during the reign of Augustus -- Government : Roman law and the civil service -- Food and water : aqueducts and the ports of Rome -- Houses and apartments : Roman houses for rich and poor -- Daily life : life in Rome in the first and second centuries AD -- Shops, bars and restaurants : commercial activity in Rome -- Many gods : religion and worship -- A day at the races : chariot racing at the Circus Maximus -- The theatre : farce, parody and other aspects of Roman drama -- The Colosseum : gladiatorial games at Rome's arena complex -- A new palace : the great palace complex of Domitian -- The age of Apollodorus : the golden age of Roman architecture under Trajan's chief architect -- The great baths : Roman imperial thermae (heated baths) -- The city in late antiquity : Rome after the time of Hadrian.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253) and index.

pt. I. Athens. The golden years : Athens in the fifth century BC -- The keys to survival : the city's defences, and food and water supplies -- The cradle of democracy : the workings of the world's first democracy -- Daily life : life in fifth-century BC Athens -- Work : earning a living in Athens -- The houses of Athens : Athenian domestic architecture -- Temples for the gods : Athenian religious buildings -- A festival for Athena : celebrations and sports for Athena's birthday -- The theatre : Athenian drama : the world's first plays --

pt. II. Rome. The site of Rome : Rome before the Empire -- The imperial capital : the transformation of Rome during the reign of Augustus -- Government : Roman law and the civil service -- Food and water : aqueducts and the ports of Rome -- Houses and apartments : Roman houses for rich and poor -- Daily life : life in Rome in the first and second centuries AD -- Shops, bars and restaurants : commercial activity in Rome -- Many gods : religion and worship -- A day at the races : chariot racing at the Circus Maximus -- The theatre : farce, parody and other aspects of Roman drama -- The Colosseum : gladiatorial games at Rome's arena complex -- A new palace : the great palace complex of Domitian -- The age of Apollodorus : the golden age of Roman architecture under Trajan's chief architect -- The great baths : Roman imperial thermae (heated baths) -- The city in late antiquity : Rome after the time of Hadrian.

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