![]() Aldrete has thus set himself the admirable task of making the myriad perils and pleasures of the Roman urban experience accessible to general readers and students of Roman civilization, so that “by studying how the Romans faced these problems, we can perhaps gain some insights into how to handle them today” (p. As masses of contradiction and compromise, all cities in this way defy linear scholarly analysis, and when the city in question is buried beneath two thousand years of urban accretion, the task becomes even more daunting. The city is both the origin and destination of infrastructure a constantly changing entity that involves both logical planning and organic evolution the provider of both the strictures of behavior and freedom of expression that can define a civilization. More than this, these phrases indicate the formative role Rome plays in the modern conception of urbanism. " As Gregory Aldrete describes in the introduction to Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia, these commonplaces “reflect the cultural, religious, and historical significance of the city” (p. Reviewed by Genevieve Gessert (Hood College)Īphorisms of the city of Rome pepper our everyday communication: "All roads lead to Rome." "Rome wasn’t built in a day." "When in Rome. Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 2009. ![]() ![]() Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia. ![]()
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