Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Rome

The magnificent heritage of the Romans is waiting for your readers. This book celebrates the many great achievements of the Romans, including the wealth of superb architecture, myths, and literature they bequeathed to us. Readers are treated to Rome's temples, theaters, aqueducts, laws, myths, and gods. Their long-lasting impact on Western civilization through their development of government and law is explained. Looking at the whole breadth of Roman life, myth, and art, and tracing the connections between them, this superbly illustrated volume takes us one step closer to understanding this extraordinary civilization, which left a permanent mark on all the lands it embraced.