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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
October 24th 1983
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published 1974)
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I've been reading a couple of these David Macualay books because they're all at the DC library and they're all amazing. You can tell that each book is loaded with years of research, which he somehow manages to distill into about a dozen pages of actual text and a hundred drawings. I undoubtedly learned more about Roman cities in this book than I learned about Greek cities in the 200 page book I just read about them, as good as it was. The fact that Macaulay's books are written and acces...more
Neat book the explains the planning and building of a Roman city. Detailed pen-and-ink drawings do most of the explaining. Text is sparse, child-friendly, and a little confusing when it comes to how Romans made elevation profiles.
I knew about Roman aquaducts (but still can't believe the logistics of building them), but had no clue that they had paved roads, sidewalks, curbs, sewers, heated baths. Amazing.
I knew about Roman aquaducts (but still can't believe the logistics of building them), but had no clue that they had paved roads, sidewalks, curbs, sewers, heated baths. Amazing.
It's amazing to see how well-thought-out this city was. I especially loved how they figured the allowed building height--no more than twice as high as the width of the street it was built on so the streets weren't always in shadow.
I geeked out. This book teaches about how the Romans build and planed cities. Completely blew me away. Great information.
I have had a wonderful time reading this to Colin (6 years old). He is soaking it up like a sponge.
This book helped me understand the Roman ruins I saw in Italy.
We really liked the PBS movie done in this book.
jennifer
marked it as to-give-for-kids
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C'est un livre pour enfants mais j'y ai appris plus sur l'urbanisme que dans bien des livres adultes. Son point fort c'est qu'il résume de façon visuelle presque tout ce que j'ai lu sur l'empire romain au fil des ans.
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This is a book for chidren but I learned more from it on urbanism (Roman or modern)than in many adult books. The really big thing about it is that it makes a visual summary of everything I've learned about Roman society, over many, many ye...more
C'est un livre pour enfants mais j'y ai appris plus sur l'urbanisme que dans bien des livres adultes. Son point fort c'est qu'il résume de façon visuelle presque tout ce que j'ai lu sur l'empire romain au fil des ans.
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This is a book for chidren but I learned more from it on urbanism (Roman or modern)than in many adult books. The really big thing about it is that it makes a visual summary of everything I've learned about Roman society, over many, many ye...more
In this book the gifted architect, artist, and historian David MacAulay tells the story of the design and construction of a typical frontier town of the Roman empire, a standardized plan meant to implant the Roman culture on the frontier. Clear, whimsical, and painlessly informative, this is another in a great series from MacAulay along with Castle, Cathedral, Pyramid, Mill, Mosque, and Unbuilding. A lot of fun - I wish these books had been around when I was a kid.
This book is often listed in guides as something that should be read about Italy. I finally tracked it down in the Boulder, CO library and thought it was OK. I'm apparently not as driven as some more imaginative travelers (?) by old Rome... the illustrations were helpful but they didn't really change my level of interest in archeology.
A great way to learn!
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David Macaulay, born in 1946, was eleven when his parents moved from England to Bloomfield, New Jersey. He found himself having to adjust from an idyllic English childhood to life in a fast paced American city. During this time he began to draw seriously, and after graduating from high school he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). After spending his fifth year at RISD in Rome on ...more
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