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Here Was Rome - A Walk Through the Ancient City
- Victor Sonkin
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★Awards: Prosvetitel (Enlightenment) prize 2013!
★Rights sold: China, Albania!
★The Romans continue to fascinate us. There is hardly an aspect of modern Western life which does not date back to them. Our legal systems, armies, communications, education, political parties, administration, corruption and pop culture are all firmly rooted in Roman tradition. Any latter-day empire, understood broadly as a large multinational country, whether crumbled or crumbling (as the British Empire or the Soviet Union) or standing firmly (as the United States) inevitably looks in Rome’s distant mirror, trying to discern its own features.
★Rights sold: China, Albania!
★The Romans continue to fascinate us. There is hardly an aspect of modern Western life which does not date back to them. Our legal systems, armies, communications, education, political parties, administration, corruption and pop culture are all firmly rooted in Roman tradition. Any latter-day empire, understood broadly as a large multinational country, whether crumbled or crumbling (as the British Empire or the Soviet Union) or standing firmly (as the United States) inevitably looks in Rome’s distant mirror, trying to discern its own features.
Description
An “archaeological tourist” has become a reality of the travel business. Existing equivalents of the Grand Tour of the 18th and 19th centuries and guidebooks focusing on antiquities are there to support this phenomenon. Often, however, the details obscure the whole, and the story of Pax Romana – the Roman world – submerges under the descriptions of sites and ruins.
The purpose of this book is to provide, for the first time in many years, a coherent story behind the sites, to lead the reader on a journey through the turbulent history of the Roman state from its humble beginnings on the Palatine hill to the maximum extent of its power in the 1st-2nd centuries AD, when almost the whole world known to the Romans was Roman. Firmly rooted in the topographic and architectural realities of today, the book will strive to give the sites a meaning, to connect them with the people who lived, fought and loved there two thousand years ago.
The estimated length of the book is 80,000 words. The book will feature a comprehensive bibliography for those wishing to learn more about ancient Rome or its specific sites, with short comments about most of the books.
The book will be bought and read by anyone with an interest in ancient history and/or engaged in “cultural travel.” Rome is visited annually by 7 to 10 million tourists, firmly occupying the third place among European cities; much of its appeal stems from the very fact of the city’s antiquity.
The book, though well-researched and rooted in classical sources and current scholarship, is intended for the general reader. It will not follow the “infotainment” path, when the knowledge processed for easy digestion is extremely superficial, but it will not assume any thorough knowledge of Classical culture in the reader either, and will strive to introduce the concepts of the Roman world in a logical and comprehensive manner.
The purpose of this book is to provide, for the first time in many years, a coherent story behind the sites, to lead the reader on a journey through the turbulent history of the Roman state from its humble beginnings on the Palatine hill to the maximum extent of its power in the 1st-2nd centuries AD, when almost the whole world known to the Romans was Roman. Firmly rooted in the topographic and architectural realities of today, the book will strive to give the sites a meaning, to connect them with the people who lived, fought and loved there two thousand years ago.
The estimated length of the book is 80,000 words. The book will feature a comprehensive bibliography for those wishing to learn more about ancient Rome or its specific sites, with short comments about most of the books.
The book will be bought and read by anyone with an interest in ancient history and/or engaged in “cultural travel.” Rome is visited annually by 7 to 10 million tourists, firmly occupying the third place among European cities; much of its appeal stems from the very fact of the city’s antiquity.
The book, though well-researched and rooted in classical sources and current scholarship, is intended for the general reader. It will not follow the “infotainment” path, when the knowledge processed for easy digestion is extremely superficial, but it will not assume any thorough knowledge of Classical culture in the reader either, and will strive to introduce the concepts of the Roman world in a logical and comprehensive manner.
Author
Victor Sonkin
Victor Sonkin received his Ph.D. in Western and Slavic literature from Moscow State University. He spent several years working for the United Nations in the Netherlands. For over five years, he has worked as a columnist for the Moscow Times, Russia’s largest English-language publication. Currently, Victor contributes articles to several major magazines and newspapers, in both Russian and English (including the Times Literary Supplement), and works as freelance translator.
Victor Sonkin has given lectures on various cultural and linguistic issues in major universities in Russia, UK, France, Slovenia and Norway. For almost ten years, he has been teaching (jointly with Dr. Alexandra Borisenko) a course in cultural history, theory and practice at Moscow State University. It is one of the most popular practical seminars at the Literature department.
As a result of this work, several books were published, some of them critically acclaimed and successful with the readers. One of the projects, an anthology of Victorian crime fiction Not Just Holmes, was a major commercial success and received the prestigious‘Book of the Year’ award of the Federal Press and Mass Communications Agency.
Victor’s achievements have several times been acknowledged by various national and international fellowships, including Research Support Scheme (a George Soros program), Presidential Award for Young Scholars, fellowships of the Government of Slovenia, Fellowship of Mikhail Gasparov academic school and others. Victor was more than once nominated as the best Russian cultural columnist on the Internet.
“Here Was Rome: A Walk through the Ancient City” is a result of many years of research and fascination with the Classical world. In November 2013, “Here Was Rome” was awarded the Prosvetitel (Enlightenment) award, Russia’s foremost award for nonfiction.
Victor Sonkin received his Ph.D. in Western and Slavic literature from Moscow State University. He spent several years working for the United Nations in the Netherlands. For over five years, he has worked as a columnist for the Moscow Times, Russia’s largest English-language publication. Currently, Victor contributes articles to several major magazines and newspapers, in both Russian and English (including the Times Literary Supplement), and works as freelance translator.
Victor Sonkin has given lectures on various cultural and linguistic issues in major universities in Russia, UK, France, Slovenia and Norway. For almost ten years, he has been teaching (jointly with Dr. Alexandra Borisenko) a course in cultural history, theory and practice at Moscow State University. It is one of the most popular practical seminars at the Literature department.
As a result of this work, several books were published, some of them critically acclaimed and successful with the readers. One of the projects, an anthology of Victorian crime fiction Not Just Holmes, was a major commercial success and received the prestigious‘Book of the Year’ award of the Federal Press and Mass Communications Agency.
Victor’s achievements have several times been acknowledged by various national and international fellowships, including Research Support Scheme (a George Soros program), Presidential Award for Young Scholars, fellowships of the Government of Slovenia, Fellowship of Mikhail Gasparov academic school and others. Victor was more than once nominated as the best Russian cultural columnist on the Internet.
“Here Was Rome: A Walk through the Ancient City” is a result of many years of research and fascination with the Classical world. In November 2013, “Here Was Rome” was awarded the Prosvetitel (Enlightenment) award, Russia’s foremost award for nonfiction.
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