Main entry:

Lansford, Tyler, author.

Title & Author:

The Latin inscriptions of Rome : a walking guide / Tyler Lansford.

Publication:

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009]

Description:

xxix, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
The Capitoline hill -- The Forum and environs -- The Subura and environs -- The Esquiline Hill -- From the Forum Boarium to San Paolo fuori le Mura -- From San Clemente to the Via Appia -- The Lateran and environs -- The Quirinal hill -- From San Marco to Piazza di Spagna -- From Piazza del Popolo to Piazza Colonna -- The Pantheon and environs -- From Corso del Rinascimento to Via Giulia -- From Via del Pellegrino to Santa Cecilia -- From Ponte Sisto to the Acqua Paola -- The Borgo and the Vatican.
English and Latin.

Summary:

Rome's oldest known Latin inscription dates from the sixth century BC; the most recent major specimen was mounted in 2006 -- a span of more than two and a half millennia. Remarkably, many of these inscriptions are still to be found in situ, on the walls, gates, temples, obelisks, bridges, fountains, and churches of the city. Classicist Tyler Lansford has collected some 400 of these inscriptions and arranged them -- with English translations -- into fifteen walking tours that trace the physical and historical contours of the city. Each itinerary is prefaced by an in-depth introduction that provides a survey of the history and topography of the relevant area of the city. The Latin texts appear on the left-hand page with English translations on the right. The original texts are equipped with full linguistic annotation, and the translations are supplemented with historical and cultural notes that explain who mounted them and why. This unique guide will prove a fascinating and illuminating companion for both sophisticated visitors to the Eternal City and armchair travelers seeking a novel perspective into Rome's rich history.--Publisher's description.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

9780801891496 (hc ; acid-free paper)
9780801891502 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0801891493
0801891507

Subject:

Inscriptions, Latin Italy Rome Guidebooks.
Inscriptions latines Italie Rome Guides.
15.34 classical archaeology.
Inscriptions, Latin.
Inschrift
Latein
Inscripties.
Romeinse oudheid.
inscription chrétienne latine Rome (Italie, ville) guide.
inscription latine Rome (Italie, ville) guide.
Inskrifter Rom.
Rome (Italy) Guidebooks.
Italy Rome.
Rom
Rome.
Inscripties Romeinse oudheid Rome.

Form/genre:

Guidebook
Führer.
Quelle.
Guidebooks.
travel guidebooks.
Gidsen (vorm)
Guides touristiques.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263823
Call No.: BIB 195119
Status: Available