One of the most visited sites in Italy, the Roman Forum is also one of the best-known wonders of the Roman world. Though a highpoint on the tourist route around Rome, for many visitors the site can be a baffling disappointment. Several of the monuments turn out to be nineteenth- or twentieth-century reconstructions, while the rubble and the holes made by archaeologists have an unclear relationship to the standing remains, and, to all but the most skilled Romanists, the Forum is an unfortunate mess.
David Watkin sheds completely new light on the Forum, examining the roles of the...
One of the most visited sites in Italy, the Roman Forum is also one of the best-known wonders of the Roman world. Though a highpoint on the tourist...
The ruins of the Forum in Rome are one of the best known wonders of antiquity and a highpoint of the tourist route round the Eternal City; but the Forum remains for many visitors a baffling and unwelcoming place. In this book, David Watkins discusses this topic.
The ruins of the Forum in Rome are one of the best known wonders of antiquity and a highpoint of the tourist route round the Eternal City; but the For...
