Constantine’s Rome: His Transformation of the Roman Empire (Rome in Ruins – Self-Guided Walks)

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Aulbach, Louis F.

Gorski, Linda C.

Archaeology

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Camp Logan was an Emergency Training Center established for the US Army in Houston, Texas after the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. This volume describes the facilities and the training activities of the soldiers stationed at the camp during World War I.

Camp Logan: Houston, Texas 1917-1919

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Morin, Robbie

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The Upper Canyons of the Rio Grande is a guide to paddling, kayaking or rafting the Rio Grande between Presidio, Texas and Terlingua Creek in the Big Bend National Park. The guide includes the popular river segments of Colorado Canyon and Santa Elena Canyon. The guidebook provides information for the river access, as well as permit requirements and river regulations for the entities through which the river runs, including the Big Bend Ranch State Park, the Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River.

The Upper Canyons of the Rio Grande: Presidio to Terlingua Creek, Including Colorado Canyon and Santa Elena Canyon

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This guide focuses on a specific class of sites to see in Rome, namely, the archaeological sites of ancient Rome. By ancient Rome, we mean the Rome from the city's founding in 753 BC to the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD. The approach we take is that of self-guided walks through the various neighborhoods of the city center. Along the route of each walk, the remnants of the story of Rome are identified and explained. A detailed map is provided so that one is able to follow the routes through the often confusing streets and roads of Rome.The three walks included in this guidebook explore areas around and adjacent to the Aurelian Wall, the defensive barrier constructed by Emperor Aurelian in 275 AD. Each self-guided walk begins and ends at Rome's Termini Metro Station. The Metro station is located in the Termini Railway Station, and both lines of the Metro network are accessible at the Termini. This permits us to make efficient use of the Metro and walking to do an optimal amount of sightseeing in the limited amount of time available during a short stay in the Eternal City. The Pincian Hill Walk follows a route to the north of the Termini Station. The second walk, the Aventine Hill Walk explores neighborhoods to the southwest of Termini Station. The route takes you to the Tiber River and to the fabulous views of the city from the top of the Aventine Hill. The third walk, the Porta Maggiore Walk, begins on the south side of the city and winds northeast along the Aurelian Wall before returning to the Termini.

Along the Aurelian Wall: Self-Guided Walks to the Archeological Ruins of Rome (Rome in Ruins -- Self-Guided Walks)

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This volume focuses on a specific class of sites to see in Rome, namely, the archaeological sites of ancient Rome. By ancient Rome, we mean the Rome from the city's founding in 753 BC to the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD.     The approach we take is that of self-guided walks through the various neighborhoods of the city center. Along the route of each walk, the remnants of the story of Rome are identified and explained. A detailed map is provided so that one is able to follow the routes through the often-confusing streets and alleys of Rome.    The walk included in this guidebook explores the Campus Martius, the large field dedicated to the Mars, the god of war. During the Republic, this mostly open ground, situated north and west of the Capitoline Hill and the Roman Forum, was the place where men gathered to form the Roman legions in preparation for military expeditions. The Campus Martius also was the location of the voting precincts in which the clans of Rome met to elect the magistrates that would rule the city.  In the Late Republic and Early Empire, the Campus Martius became the place where an extensive building program began to fill the open spaces with theaters, temples, baths and other monuments. The construction of monumental structures continued in the first and second centuries AD, especially after the great fire of 80 AD that devastated a large part of the Campus Martius. Of the twenty-two sites visited on this walk, some will be familiar (the Pantheon, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, the Stadium of Domitian, the Sacred Area of Largo Argentina), but others may be completely new to you (the Baths of Agrippa, the Basilica of Neptune, the Temple of Isis, the Saepta Julia, the Crypta Balbi). We hope that you will enjoy them all.   This self-guided walk begins and ends at Rome's Termini Metro Station. The Metro station is located in the Termini Railway Station, and both lines of the Metro network are accessible at the Termini. This permits you to make efficient use of the Metro and walking to do an optimal amount of sightseeing in the limited amount of time available during a short stay in the Eternal City. The Metro is convenient, inexpensive and easy to use. The more you become familiar with the system, the better you are able to get around Rome and its sites.

Campus Martius and its Ancient Monuments: Self-Guided Walks to the Archeological Ruins of Rome (Rome in Ruins -- Self-Guided Walks)

The archeological site of Ostia Antica lies about 25 kilometers, or 15.5 miles, southwest of the center of Rome, and the park is easily accessible by the Rome Metro system. Yet, for many of the visitors who visit Rome to see the ruins of the ancient empire, a trip to Ostia is often not considered. While Rome has many grandiose temples, buildings and monuments of an empire, the ruins at Ostia Antica reflect a work a day, commercial port town.Nevertheless, Ostia Antica does have its charms and unique opportunities for those who want to learn about life in the ancient Roman world. In Rome, although many of the ancient buildings are located in and around the Roman Forum and the Capitoline Hill, the ruins of other structures are scattered throughout the city center among buildings that have been built in the subsequent centuries. Ostia, on the other hand, has been preserved as an intact city with very few modern structures on the site. Not unlike the city of Pompeii that was buried by volcanic ash in 79 AD, the city of Ostia was abandoned in the sixth century AD and left to be covered by Tiber River flood waters and the shifting sands of the Italian coast.Discoveries at the site in the early nineteenth century AD and excavations that began in the 1880's (and have continued off and on to the present day) have exposed the remains of a remarkably complex and vibrant community with significant ties to the capital of the Roman Empire. Established as a military encampment during the fourth century BC, Ostia prospered as a port city in the late Republic. During the early empire, Ostia became an important part of the food supply for the city of Rome. From the second century AD through the beginning of the third century AD, Ostia was at the height of its prosperity. With the support of a succession of emperors, the city was rebuilt with magnificent construction projects. By the middle of the third century AD, however, there were clear signs of the decline of Ostia as the shipping activities moved to Portus, the new port on the north side of the Tiber River.For the visitor today, Ostia Antica can be difficult to comprehend without some kind of guide. For one thing, the site is over 69 hectares, or 170.5 acres, in size. Knowing what to see and where to look is often a confusing task. Modern excavators have divided Ostia into five regions, and even then, there is an enormous amount to see and understand in any one region.This guide focuses on a part of Ostia that corresponds in large part to Regio II, an area that was demarcated in the early first century BC by the urban praetor Gaius Caninius as land set aside for public use. The necropolis along the Via Ostiense as one enters the archeological site is included as a prelude to sites of the city. The public land of Caninius (ager publicus) lies on the north side of the Decumanus Maximus, the main east-west street of Ostia, between the Porta Romana, the eastern gate of Ostia, and the Castrum, the original fortified camp of Ostia. The public land extended from the Decumanus Maximus to the Tiber River.

The Public Land of Ostia Antica: A Walk Through the Land Set Aside by Gaius Caninius for Public Use (Rome in Ruins -- Self-Guided Walks)

The Buffalo Bayou Greenway: A Walking Guide to 25 Historical Sites That Are Hiding in Plain Sight

The Streets of Ancient Ostia: Self-guided Walks to Archeological Sites in Regions I and III of Ostia Antica (Rome in Ruins)

Ancient Civilizations

The Road to Porta Marina: Self-guided Walks to Archeological Sites in Regions III and IV of Ostia Antica

The Lone Oak Site (41CD168): A 12,000 Year Occupation in Northern Colorado County, Texas

Golden, Larry

Crook III, Wilson W.

Sewell, Robert J.

Coon-Nguyen M.D., Elizabeth

Kennedy, Beth

Kozar, Frank

Menegaz, Sharon

Mills, Geoffrey F.

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