Rome

Amanda Claridge was Reader in Classical Archaeology, Royal Holloway, University of London, and was formerly Lecturer in Archaeology at St John's College, Oxford. Assistant Director of the British School in Rome from 1980 to 1994, she was the author of numerous publications on Roman archaeology. Her wider archaeological activities included fieldwork in Italy, North Africa, and Turkey, and the study of Roman marbles and sculptural techniques, on which she is a noted authority.Christopher Siwicki is a research fellow at the British school at Rome, where he is also director of the undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses on the history, archaeology, and topography of the ancient city. He has previously held research fellowships at the Norwegian Institute in Rome and the Warburg Institute, and lecturing positions at John Cabot University, the University of Exeter, and the University of Lincoln.

• How to use this Guide Introduction Historical Overview Chronological Table Documentary Sources Glossary 1: The Roman Forum 2: The Upper Via Sacra 3: The Palatine 4: Field of Mars 5: Capitoline Hill 6: Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus 7: Colosseum Valley and Esquiline Hill 8: Caelian Hill and the Inner Via Appia 9: Lateran-Porta Maggiore 10: The Viminal 11: Pyramid-Testaccio 12: Across the Tiber 13: Parks of the Appia Antica 14: Other Sites Outside the Walls 15: Catacombs 16: Museums Visit and ticket information References and Further Reading Illustrations Acknowledgements Index