Project Gutenberg 2012-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 261 Burn, Robert 1829 1904 04032881 Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna" by Robert Burn is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This handbook serves as a guide for travelers visiting Rome, focusing specifically on the actual ruins and monuments of ancient Rome and its surrounding areas, known as the Campagna. It aims to provide brief descriptions of these sites along with historical and archaeological context, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the remnants of Roman civilization. At the start of the work, the author outlines the purpose of the handbook, emphasizing its role as a practical guide for exploring the ruins. Burn discusses the significance of the natural geography of Rome and how it influenced the city's development and the character of its inhabitants. He explains that the book will not delve into speculative or conjectural discussions but will provide concise historical information about each listed ruin and its archaeological importance. This opening sets the stage for the detailed explorations and descriptions of Roman ruins that will follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41409/41409-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities DG Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 672102 2025-07-16T16:02:21.171024 text/html 644048 2024-10-23T12:19:52 text/html 6995962 2025-07-16T16:02:32.635935 application/epub+zip 6999414 2025-07-16T16:02:23.481006 application/epub+zip 279798 2025-07-16T16:02:22.204937 application/epub+zip 7172777 2025-07-16T16:02:38.842882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7097139 2025-07-16T16:02:30.515955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402600 2022-09-19T03:34:03.636036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578596 2025-07-16T16:02:19.642008 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 558555 2024-10-23T12:19:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17375 2025-07-16T16:02:39.000883 application/rdf+xml 9929 2025-07-16T16:02:22.326941 image/jpeg 1708 2025-07-16T16:02:22.266956 image/jpeg 6747191 2025-07-16T16:02:21.431981 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia