A Profile of Ancient Rome Book

This illustrated volume offers an overview of the history and culture of ancient Rome. Organized by subject - history, sites and monuments, protagonists, religion, language and literature, the political and legal system, armies and weapons, the economic and social system, architecture and art, large-scale projects, and everyday life - Profile of Ancient Rome offers an introduction to Roman society from the earliest days of the republic through the last years of the empire - for students, museum-goers, travelers, and anyone interested in this seminal epoch of Western civilization.