Rome, the biography of a city

Pt. I. : 1. Myths, monarchs and republicans

2. Imperial Rome

3. Bread and circuses

4. Catacombs and Christians

5. Infamy and anarchy

6. Saints, tyrants and anti-popes

7. The refuge of all the nations

8. Renaissance and decadence

9. Patrons and parasites

10. The sack of Rome

Pt. II. : 11. Recovery and reform

12. Bernini and the Baroque

13. IL Settecento

14. Napoleonic interlude

15. The Risorgimento and the Roman question

16. Royal Rome

17. Roma fascista

Epilogue : The eternal city

Pt. III. : Notes on topography, buildings and works of art

Sources

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