Main entry:

Carandini, Andrea.

Title & Author:

Rome : day one / Andrea Carandini ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.

Description:

172 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm

Notes:
"First published in Italian under the title Roma: Il Primo Giorno by Gius. Laterza & Figli S.p.A., Rome, in 2007"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : First thoughts ; An epochal event ; The site of Rome before Rome ; The places of Rome ; Remus and Romulus and the kings of Alba Longa -- The Palatine : The preliminary rite on the Aventine ; The blessing of the Palatine and the founding of Roma quadrata -- The founding of the Forum, the Capitol, and the Citadel : The forum ; The Capitolium and the Arx -- The ordering of the Regnum, or the Constitutio Romuli : The ordering of time ; The ordering of space and men ; Enemies -- Conclusion.
Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

The author draws evidence from historical and literary sources, as well as his own excavations, to support his argument that there really was a Romulus, the first king of Rome, and that the ruler established the city of Rome in a one-day ceremony in the mid-eighth century BC.

ISBN:

9780691139227 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0691139229 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Romulus, King of Rome.
Bibel Römerbrief
Archaeology and history Italy Rome.
Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Rome.
Mythology, Roman.
Archéologie et histoire Italie Rome.
Fouilles (Archéologie) Italie Rome.
Mythologie romaine.
Archaeology and history.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Gründung
Archäologie
Historisk arkeologi Italien Rom.
Utgrävningar Italien Rom.
Romersk mytologi.
Rome History Kings, 753-510 B.C.
Rome Histoire 753-510 av. J.-C. (Rois)
Italy Rome.
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954- translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277612
Call No.: BIB 212475
Status: Available