The Hills of Rome

Rome Is ''The City Of Seven Hills''. This Book Examines The Need For The ''Seven Hills'' Clich Its Origins Development Impact And Borrowing. It Explores How The Clich Relates To Rome''S Real Volcanic Terrain And How It Is Fundamental To How We Define This. Its Chronological Remit Is Capacious: Varro Virgil And Claudian At One End On Through The Work Of Renaissance Antiquarians To Embrace Frescoes And Nineteenth-Century Engravings. These Artists And Authors Celebrated The Hills And The Views From These Hills In An Attempt To Capture Rome Holistically. By Studying Their Efforts This Book Confronts The Problems Of Encapsulating Rome And ''Cityness'' More Broadly And Indeed The Artificiality Of Any Representation Whether A Painting Poem Or Map. In This Sense It Is Not A History Of The City At Any One Moment In Time But A History Of How The City Has Been And Has To Be Perceived.