The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome (1998)

by Peter Connolly, Hazel Dodge (Author)

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The full-color drawings of the public and private structures of Athens and Rome are a feature to the more sparse and genral description of city life (co-written by Hazel Dodge) in the classical era. The Ancient City surveys Greece of the golden years of Athens (approximately the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.), and the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Septimius Severus (27 B.C. to A.D. 211). Monuments such as the Parthenon and the Colosseum are illustrated and for general readers this is an interesting volume. Other subjects of more general interest include government, contemporary fashions, home life, and entertainment.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Peter Connolly	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Dodge, Hazel	Author	main author	all editions	confirmed
Houtzager, Guus	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Peter Connolly's marvelous full-color drawings of the public and private structures of Athens and Rome are the perfect illustrative counterpart to his detailed description of city life (cowritten by Hazel Dodge) in the classical era. The Ancient City covers the Greece of the golden years of Athens (approximately the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.), and the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Septimius Severus (27 B.C. to A.D. 211). In addition to such monuments as the Parthenon and the Colosseum, adolescent readers--and adults just beginning to study the ancient world--can learn about the two era's different forms of government, contemporary fashions, home life, and entertainment.

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Recreates the public buildings, temples, shops, and houses of ancient Athens and Rome, providing a window through which to look at the development of the cities and their architecture, and to discuss various aspects of daily life, including religion, food, drama, games, food, culture, and entertainment.… (more)