TY - BOOK AU - Connolly,Peter AU - Dodge,Hazel TI - The ancient city: life in classical Athens & Rome SN - 0195215826 (pbk.) PY - 2000///, c1998 CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Civilization, Classical KW - Juvenile literature KW - City and town life in art KW - Cultural property KW - Protection KW - Italy KW - Rome KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Civilization KW - Pictorial works KW - Athens (Greece) KW - Antiquities N1 - 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 ER -