Archaeology · Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology
A topic within Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Archaeology.
2 works
Rodolfo Lanciani
Uses the excavation records of Rome's own building boom to argue that the ancient city can be recovered street by street from beneath the modern one, given the chance to look before building over it.
350 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026Samuel Ball Platner & Thomas Ashby
Compiles every ancient monument, street and region of Rome known from texts, inscriptions and excavation into a single site-by-site reference, arguing the ancient city's topography can only be reconstructed by cross-checking literary testimony against physical remains.