Archaeological walks in Rome. Buasier G.

Gaston Buasier (1823-1908), an outstanding French historian, is among the best researchers of Roman culture. A thorough analysis of sources, a deep understanding of large processes, art portraits of historical figures of the Roman world, the breadth of historical horizons - these are the main advantages of his works. Buasier possessed a unique ability to depict clearly and vividly Roman society according to its epigraphic and literary evidence. According to one of the contemporaries of the historian, he “was more than a scientist, he was a writer endowed with historical imagination and subtle taste.” The reader will get acquainted with one of the most famous attractions of the great capital - the famous forum, the Palatine hill, mysterious catacombs, the last luxurious Villa of Adrian and the port of Ostia.