Jacopo Bonetto is Full Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Padua, Italy.Andrea Raffaele Ghiotto is Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Padua, Italy.

This is a welcome survey of the significance of the city, drawing on recent archaeological research, both into the buildings, finds and fabric of the city, and into its natural environment. The book covers the whole range of its history from prehistory up to the Middle Ages, especially its place in the story of the Roman Empire and its collapse in the fifth century CE. It also documents the spectacular rediscovery of the largely unknown ancient city during 20th-century investigations and subsequent display of the famous early Christian mosaics.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Landscape of Aquileia: Between the Adriatic Sea, the Lagoons and the Alps2. Aquileia before Aquileia: The Indigenous Emporium3. The Foundation of the Latin Colony in 181 BCE: Livy's Story and the Birth of the Roman City4. The City and Its Territory: The Centuriations, the Amphora Canal and the Roads5. Aquileia in the Imperial Age: Public Architectures and Trades6. Living and Dying in Aquileia: Domus, Necropolis, Artistic Production7. Attila and the Huns: The Taking of Aquileia and the Urban Transformations between the Ancient Age and the Middle Ages8. Christian Aquileia: The Episcopal Complex and the Patriarchate9. The Rediscovery of the Ancient City between the Eighteenth and Twentieth CenturiesAppendix: The Archaeological Areas and Museums of AquileiaNotesBibliographyIndex