Temple of Venus and Rome, Rome. Coloured etching.

Temple of Venus and Rome, Rome. Engraving by G. Cottafavi.

The Cloaca Maxima, Rome

The Coliseum in Rome.

The sack of Rome, 1527

Etching of plague in Rome.

The Sack of Rome, 1527.

Modern Rome, by Pannini, 1757

Saint Laurence of Rome. Engraving.

The Scala Sancte, Rome, Italy

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The ancient doctors who refused payment

Dazzling luxury

Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids

Why the world needs collectors

Rome: the Piazza del Popolo. Etching by D. Pronti, 17--, after G.B. Piranesi.

Rome, pollution, and propriety : dirt, disease, and hygiene in the eternal city from antiquity to modernity / edited by Mark Bradley with Kenneth Stow.

Rome: remains of a room at the baths of Diocletian, including antique sculpture and plaques. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.

Rome: the pyramid of Cestius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

Rome before Avignon : a social history of thirteenth-century Rome / by Robert Brentano.

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The ancient doctors who refused payment

Dazzling luxury

Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids

Why the world needs collectors

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Rome: the Piazza del Popolo. Etching by D. Pronti, 17--, after G.B. Piranesi.

Rome, pollution, and propriety : dirt, disease, and hygiene in the eternal city from antiquity to modernity / edited by Mark Bradley with Kenneth Stow.

Rome: remains of a room at the baths of Diocletian, including antique sculpture and plaques. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.

Rome: the pyramid of Cestius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

Rome before Avignon : a social history of thirteenth-century Rome / by Robert Brentano.

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The ancient doctors who refused payment

Dazzling luxury

Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids

Why the world needs collectors

Images

Catalogue

Rome: the Piazza del Popolo. Etching by D. Pronti, 17--, after G.B. Piranesi.

Rome, pollution, and propriety : dirt, disease, and hygiene in the eternal city from antiquity to modernity / edited by Mark Bradley with Kenneth Stow.

Rome: remains of a room at the baths of Diocletian, including antique sculpture and plaques. Photograph by Anderson, ca. 1931.

Rome: the pyramid of Cestius. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

Rome before Avignon : a social history of thirteenth-century Rome / by Robert Brentano.