The City Wall of Imperial Rome

Download or read book The City Wall of Imperial Rome written by Ian Archibald Richmond and published by Westholme Pub Llc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Study of the Largest Monument Still to Be Seen in Rome The City Wall of Imperial Rome: An Account of Its Architectural Development from Aurelian to Narses by Sir Ian A. Richmond was first published in 1930 and reprinted in facsimile in 1971. This scarce, essential work on the imperial fortifications of Rome has lost none of its relevance since its original publication. In this new edition, Late Antiquity specialist Torsten Cumberland Jacobsen provides current information about the state of the walls and their preservation, an updated bibliography, and an essay about Sir Richmond and his career.