Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements by John Lord · Mentor New York
Material Life of the Ancients, Part 2
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Rome was the only city that monopolized the power of the entire world, unlike modern capitals which excel only in specific domains.
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A slow, weighty look at ancient cities where buildings carry the argument for power.
John Lord frames Alexandria and Rome as civic monuments first, places second. The Alexandria section stays close to the record: Alexander's founding, Ptolemy Philadelphus, the grid plan, and the harbor, walls, library, museum, menagerie, botanical garden, and lecture halls all…
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A formal tour from Alexandria's harbor to Rome's marble heights, moving from a city of six hundred thousand to the grand public buildings of the Forum and Capitoline.
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