Rome

The city that became the embodiment of wealth and luxury of Mediterranean civilization was built by the descendants of Romulus and the Caesars; its art and monuments express its essence and history. This edition contains not only a thorough analysis of how the central part of Rome was built and developed, and the construction of major provincial centers, but also describes the events that transformed this tiny Latin settlement into the capital - a symbol of the ancient world, a benchmark of the past and present.