A Visitor's Guide to Ancient Rome

by Lesley Sims

Book Overview

A guide to Ancient Rome providing information every tourist of past ages needs to know. Where to shop and places to eat are combined with facts about politics, history, art and architecture. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746030649
• ISBN13: 9780746030646
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Usborne Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Lively, exciting, accurate, highly recommended!

Written, illustrated, and designed as a kind of travel guide for young readers ages 12 and older, Lesley Sims' A Visitor's Guide To Ancient Rome portrays a time when ancient Rome was at its height of power, influence, and culture. This lively, exciting, accurate, and highly recommended "Usborne Timetour" offers a wealth of information on everyday Roman life ranging from religion and fashion to schools and the army. Included are suggestions for where to stay and what to see on a virtual tour, even advice on how to behave at a banquet! A Visitor's Guide To Ancient Rome is enhanced with a detailed map of Rome for finding one's way around the queen city of the empire.