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Andrew Leach Rome 2 Rome Andrew Leach Rome Polity Copyright © Andrew Leach 2017 The right of Andrew Leach to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2017 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6974-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6975-5 (pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Leach, Andrew, 1976- author. Title: Rome / Andrew Leach. Description: Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016. | Series: Cities in world history | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016011969| ISBN 9780745669748 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 0745669743 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780745669755 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 0745669751 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Rome (Italy)--History. Classification: LCC DG808. L43 2016 | DDC 945.6/32--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016011969 Typeset in 11/13 Berkeley by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by Clays Ltd, St Ives PLC The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com For Mikayla Contents Map of Rome viii Preface xi Introduction: Thinking about Seeing 1 1 A Matter of Foundations 21 2 Roma Caput Mundi 69 3 A Middle Age 111 4 Return to Rome 163 5 The Capital of Italy 207 Selected Sources 249 Chronology 265 Notes 286 Credits 291 Index of Works 293 Index of Places 300 Index of Names 305 Polity Press Ltd ROME Prelims map 231.65% Font: Myriad Pro Frame size: 230mm x 173mm 1st Proof 16 june 2016 Correct 07 july 2016 Correct 19 july 2016 Correct 20 july 2016 VIA FLAMINIA Extendframe3mm N V PONTE I G. MATTEOTTI A S W E A Villa A N L A Flaminio T M A Borghese N R E S I M A O N Lepanto M ’ I T A L I A D PIAZZA CO A R I DEL POPOLO SA V O S D R V O ’I T I A PONTE C LI A A L U VIA VITTORIO VENETO MARGHERITAN M G Ottaviano O P T E I E V A R E B R V E M E E M Cipro A T U T G E U S Spagna S T M A X Castro VIA COLA DI RIENZO X M PIAZZA Pretorio Spanish O Ara Pacis Mausoleum NET A E I DI Steps V of Augustus IO V SPAGNA R O Museo Nazionale PONTE T T I CAVOUR V Romano I VIA DEL T A I N I I R A E V B R R P A B E I A R V E EV M Castel OT Barberini NG Sant’Angelo U CORSO V L IA T R I T O N E D Baths of EL LA Diocletian Q Repubblica M VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE U VIA St Peter’s V I A D E L A NA TT NO R Basilica T O DI Palazzo di O P I R I TOR E Termini B O R G O . S VERE L F S NGOTE Montecitorio A O Station LU IN N R TA I N U E M MARSALA Trevi Q Termini C O Fountain L Quirinal Palace V R E I D A GERI S PIAZZA NAVONA ALLEG O E G CAV IA L I TA V O R VIA DEL CORSO PO V A V I I T N A D T N IA O O N V O I I I R I O G Z G V G A VIA MILANO I O I Pantheon A A N CAVOUR L M Santa Maria I E T M T V I A I Maggiore G N X A I U X I E U L E I I V I I A L I V I V A VIA IO R MERULANA O L G U E N Campo VIA R G G O dei Fiori T Largo A L E VI U V N E Argentina G R O E Monument to T E V D Vittorio Emmanuelle II M M E E Via Cavour Vittorio Emanuele R I E Palazzo T VIA MERULANA F E A B Farnese R A N L VIA CAVOUR E D S I Musei I N Capitolini VIA EMANUELE FILIBERTO A Forum PONTE SISTO Romanum Basilica Nova Tiber M Colosseo PONTE Island Arch of GARIBALDI Titus Manzoni M VIA GARIBALDI VIA LABICANA Arch of Constantine Santa Maria V I A VIA VIA MERULANA AURELIA ANT ICA in Trastevere PONTE AL D I IB D VIA CLAUDIA R I PALATINO Palatine S A . V G G I I A O V A N O N I O A I O N I I I N P Z R I A T R L A R N O T Lateran E E C E R G A R N V O N E VIA DEI CERCHI E Palace A A V P R E T E . G O R Circus Maximus S . G E I N V S E D U L T I O Villa Doria A D I G V N U A L I M V A Pamphili V D I A St John A R A D Lateran E A A L B I L A M L A ’ N L E L PONTE A L E R SUBLICIO M V E T E I D I Circo Massimo C V E V E V L A T IA L I A S M V A A R R M T O I R A A D T VIALE AVENTINO I A V E L A 0 200 400 600 800 1000 metres I V Polity Press Ltd ROME Prelims map 231.65% Font: Myriad Pro Frame size: 230mm x 173mm 1st Proof 16 june 2016 Correct 07 july 2016 Correct 19 july 2016 Correct 20 july 2016 VIA FLAMINIA Extendframe3mm N V PONTE I G. MATTEOTTI A S W E A Villa A N L A Flaminio T M A Borghese N R E S I M A O N Lepanto M ’ I T A L I A D PIAZZA CO A R I DEL POPOLO SA V O S D R V O ’I T I A PONTE C LI A A L U VIA VITTORIO VENETO MARGHERITAN M G Ottaviano O P T E I E V A R E B R V E M E E M Cipro A T U T G E U S Spagna S T M A X Castro VIA COLA DI RIENZO X M PIAZZA Pretorio Spanish O Ara Pacis Mausoleum NET A E I DI Steps V of Augustus IO V SPAGNA R O Museo Nazionale PONTE T T I CAVOUR V Romano I VIA DEL T A I N I I R A E V B R R P A B E I A R V E EV M Castel OT Barberini NG Sant’Angelo U CORSO V L IA T R I T O N E D Baths of EL LA Diocletian Q Repubblica M VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE U VIA St Peter’s V I A D E L A NA TT NO R Basilica T O DI Palazzo di O P I R I TOR E Termini B O R G O . S VERE L F S NGOTE Montecitorio A O Station LU IN N R TA I N U E M MARSALA Trevi Q Termini C O Fountain L Quirinal Palace V R E I D A GERI S PIAZZA NAVONA ALLEG O E G CAV IA L I TA V O R VIA DEL CORSO PO V A V I I T N A D T N IA O O N V O I I I R I O G Z G V G A VIA MILANO I O I Pantheon A A N CAVOUR L M Santa Maria I E T M T V I A I Maggiore G N X A I U X I E U L E I I V I I A L I V I V A VIA IO R MERULANA O L G U E N Campo VIA R G G O dei Fiori T Largo A L E VI U V N E Argentina G R O E Monument to T E V D Vittorio Emmanuelle II M M E E Via Cavour Vittorio Emanuele R I E Palazzo T VIA MERULANA F E A B Farnese R A N L VIA CAVOUR E D S I Musei I N Capitolini VIA EMANUELE FILIBERTO A Forum PONTE SISTO Romanum Basilica Nova Tiber M Colosseo PONTE Island Arch of GARIBALDI Titus Manzoni M VIA GARIBALDI VIA LABICANA Arch of Constantine Santa Maria V I A VIA VIA MERULANA AURELIA ANT ICA in Trastevere PONTE AL D I IB D VIA CLAUDIA R I PALATINO Palatine S A .
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