The Revealed Rome Handbook
The Revealed Rome Handbook

Author: Amanda Ruggeri

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-13

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781674128054

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Experience Rome like a local with this easy-to-navigate handbook. Newly updated for 2020, it's filled with tips, tricks, and local secrets to exploring the Eternal City. Written by Amanda Ruggeri, BBC editor, travel journalist and the blogger behind www.revealedrome.com, this book is not your average guidebook. Instead, it's full of advice to help you enjoy every aspect of your trip, including tips like:-how to pick an authentic Roman restaurant at a glance-budget accommodation options beyond AirBnB-how to avoid the tourist traps -- and where to go instead-the place where you should never, ever take a taxi-how to skip the lines at the Colosseum, the Vatican and more-how to eat gluten-free or vegetarian in Italy-whether you should invest in a Roma Pass-one thing to never use Tripadvisor for -key tips for trains and public transport-where to go for authentic, well-priced, independent shops and boutiques-how to protect yourself from pickpockets...and much, much more.Whether you're coming to Rome for the first time or the fifth, take it from previous readers and their reviews: You'll find this book one of the most useful tools to not only plan your trip, but to have the most rewarding, fun time possible.

The Revealed Rome Handbook
The Revealed Rome Handbook

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-26

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781521068465

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Experience Rome like a local with the help of this easy-to-navigate handbook, filled with tips, tricks, and local secrets to exploring the Eternal City -- now updated, expanded, and new for 2017/2018. Written by Amanda Ruggeri, BBC journalist, travel writer and the blogger behind www.revealedrome.com, this book is not a guidebook. Instead, it's full of advice to help you enjoy every aspect of your trip, including tips like: -how to pick an authentic Roman restaurant at a glance -budget accommodation options you may not have considered -the one place where you should never take a taxi -how to skip the lines at the Colosseum, the Vatican and more -brand-new sights in Rome that you won't want to miss -how to eat gluten-free or vegetarian in Italy -whether you should invest in a Roma Pass -one thing to never use Tripadvisor for -key tips for booking (and taking) trains -where to find drinking water, and bathrooms, while out and about -how to navigate Rome's public transportation system -how to protect yourself from pickpockets -the best neighborhoods in Rome for shopping ...and much, much more. The original 2012 version sold thousands of copies. But even in Rome, things change. On a personal note, I've also discovered a great deal more about the city, and -- not least from talking to more than 250 clients in my travel consulting sessions over the years -- learned much more about what visitors to Rome really want to know. This new, expanded version, now in print as well as an e-book, is twice as long as the original. Whether you're coming to Rome for the first time or the fifth, you'll find it one of the most useful tools out there to not only plan your trip, but to have the most rewarding, fun time possible.

The Rise of Rome
The Rise of Rome

Author: Kathryn Lomas

Publisher: Belknap Press

Published: 2018-02-26

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0674659651

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By the third century BC, the once-modest settlement of Rome had conquered most of Italy and was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? In The Rise of Rome, the historian and archaeologist Kathryn Lomas reconstructs the diplomatic ploys, political stratagems, and cultural exchanges whereby Rome established itself as a dominant player in a region already brimming with competitors. The Latin world, she argues, was not so much subjugated by Rome as unified by it. This new type of society that emerged from Rome’s conquest and unification of Italy would serve as a political model for centuries to come. Archaic Italy was home to a vast range of ethnic communities, each with its own language and customs. Some such as the Etruscans, and later the Samnites, were major rivals of Rome. From the late Iron Age onward, these groups interacted in increasingly dynamic ways within Italy and beyond, expanding trade and influencing religion, dress, architecture, weaponry, and government throughout the region. Rome manipulated preexisting social and political structures in the conquered territories with great care, extending strategic invitations to citizenship and thereby allowing a degree of local independence while also fostering a sense of imperial belonging. In the story of Rome’s rise, Lomas identifies nascent political structures that unified the empire’s diverse populations, and finds the beginnings of Italian peoplehood.

Revelation
Revelation

Author:

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 0857861018

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The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

The Beginnings of Rome
The Beginnings of Rome

Author: Tim Cornell

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1136754962

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Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome. The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as: Rome’s relations with the Etruscans the conflict between patricians and plebeians the causes of Roman imperialism the growth of slave-based economy. Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with literary sources, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject available, and is essential reading for students of Roman history.

Rome's Last Citizen
Rome's Last Citizen

Author: Rob Goodman

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0312681232

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This biography of Marcus Cato the Younger -- Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition -- is rich with resonances for current politics and contemporary notions of freedom.

Rome
Rome

Author: Jay Crownover

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Published: 2014-01-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780062302427

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New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Sometimes the wrong choice can be just right . . . Fun and fearless, Cora Lewis knows how to keep her tattooed "bad boy" friends at the Marked in line. But beneath all that flash and sass is a broken heart. Cora won't let herself get burned again. She's waiting to fall in love with the perfect man—a baggage-free, drama-free guy ready for commitment. Then she meets Rome Archer. Rome Archer is as far from perfect as a man can be. He's stubborn, rigid, and bossy. And he's returned from his final tour of duty more than a little broken. Rome's used to filling many roles: big brother, doting son, supersoldier—but none of those fit anymore. Now he's just a man trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life while keeping the dark demons of war and loss at bay. He would have been glad to suffer through it alone, until Cora comes sweeping into his life and becomes a blinding flash of color in a sea of gray.Perfect may not be in the cards, but perfectly imperfect could just last forever . . .

A Critical History of Early Rome
A Critical History of Early Rome

Author: Gary Forsythe

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780520249912

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"A remarkable book,in which Forsythe uses his thorough knowledge of the ancient evidence to reconstruct a coherent and eminently plausible picture which in turn illuminates early Roman society more immediately than any other category of evidence is able to do. Forsythe displays his impressive ability to demonstrate to what extent and why the tradition that dominates the extant historical narratives is not credible."—Kurt Raaflaub, author of The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece "An excellent synthetic treatment of early Roman history found in both modern literary and archaeological materials."—Richard Mitchell, author of Patricians and Plebeians

Mussolini’s Rome
Mussolini’s Rome

Author: B. Painter

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-13

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1403976910

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In 1922 the Fascist 'March on Rome' brought Benito Mussolini to power. He promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a strong and respected nation internationally. In the next two decades, Mussolini set about rebuilding the city of Rome as the site and symbol of the new fascist Italy. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction he sought to make Rome a modern capital of a nation and an empire worthy of Rome's imperial past. Building the new Rome put people to work, 'liberated' ancient monuments, cleared slums, produced new "cities" for education, sports, and cinema, produced wide new streets, and provided the regime with a setting to showcase fascism's dynamism, power, and greatness. Mussolini's Rome thus embodied the movement, the man and the myth that made up fascist Italy.

Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Author: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

Publisher:

Published: 2015-05-27

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780241187753

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A spectacular and engaging non-fiction Eyewitness guide to one of history's greatest civilizations, Ancient Rome How did the Roman's shape our world? What was life like for the average Roman? Find out in Eyewitness Ancient Rome and discover all about Roman's and their civilization. From powerful senators and emperors to the Roman's ancient gods, you'll have a spectacular view into one of history's most fascinating civilisations. Eyewitness reference books are now more interactive and colourful, with new infographics, statistics, facts and timelines, plus a giant pull-out wall chart; you'll be an expert on Ancient Rome in no time. Great for projects or just for fun, learn everything you need to know about the Roman's with Eyewitness.