Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History

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Ada Gabucci Edited by Stefano Peccatori and Stefano ZuffiTranslated by T. M. Hartmann Rome continues to be a solid, tangible, and monumental expression of a legend. It is the eternal city where all roads of the ancient world converged and has been the model for the very concept of a universal empire through the millennia. Through art, architecture, and urban planning, the empire expanded with an exceptional synthesis of technology, politics, law, and propaganda, conquering Europe, the Mediterranean, and the…