Rome's stunning rise to mastery of the ancient Mediterranean Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey & command of ...

Let the Marco Polo city map of Rome guide you around this awe-inspiring city Highly durable & waterproof this handy pocket-size Rome map folds away easily & is always on standby to help when you're stuck 2 pages Marco Polo ...

Marco Polo Pocket Guide Rome the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Explore Rome with this handy pocket-sized authoritative guide packed with Insider Tips Discover boutique hotels authentic restaurants the city's trendiest places & get tips on shopping & what to do on a limited budget There are plenty of ideas for travel with kids & a summary of all the festivals & events that take place in the Italian capital Let Marco Polo show you all this wonderful city has to offer Whether on the Capitoline Hill at the Colosseum or in Campo de' Fiori for centuries Rome has displayed her grace & grandeur Rediscover the Eternal City whose classical temples columns & baroque church facades shine in new splendour Enjoy the fashion haven of the Alta Moda a foamy cappuccino on a piazza or immerse yourself in the trendy Testaccio district This is Rome! Your Marco Polo Rome Pocket Guide

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- we show you the hidden gems & little known secrets that offer a real insight into the city from authentic Roman cooking with a local host fairy-tale villas & palazzi to legendary frescoes mosaics & sculptures Best of
- find the best things to do for free the best only in' Rome experiences the best things to do if it rains & the best places to relax & spoil yourself Sightseeing
- all of the top sights are organised by areas of the city so you can easily plan your day Discovery Tours
- 5 specially tailored tours that will get you to the heart of Rome on foot by bike or train Enjoy a cappuccino over the Capitol a stroll through its ancient history a visit to St Peter's aperitivo on the piazza & evening meal in the ghetto You can experience Rome's unique charm h&-picked restaurants & the best local activities with these personal tours Rome in full-colour
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Includes:: full-colour photos throughout the guide bringing the city to life offering you a real taste of what you can see & enjoy on your trip Touring App
- new for 2018 you can download any of the Discovery Tours to your smartphone complete with the detailed route description & map exactly as featured in the guide free of charge The maps can be used offline too so no roaming charges The perfect navigational tool with distance indicators & landmarks highlighting the correct direction to travel in as well as GPS coordinates along the way Enjoy stress-free sightseeing & never get lost again! Street Atlas & pull-out map
- we've included a detailed street atlas & a handy pull-out map so you can pop the guide in your bag for a full-on sightseeing day or head out with just the map to enjoy your Discovery Tour Useful Italian phrases
- the essential words & phrases are included to help you get by Trust Marco Polo Pocket Guide Rome to show you around this fabulous city The comprehensive coverage & unique insights will ensure you experience everything Rome has to offer & more The special tips personal insights & unusual experiences will help you make the most of your trip
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A landmark of Italian neorealism & often cited as one of the greatest films ever made Roberto Rossellin's portrait of life under the Nazi Occupation remains remarkable for its sheer immediacy tension & power Made in extraordinarily straitened circumstances immediately after the liberation of Rome the film follows Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero) a partisan leader as he attempts to evade the Gastapo by enlisting the help of Pina (Anna Magnani) fianc&233;e of a fellow member of the underground resistance & Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi) the priest due to oversee her marriage Both Fabrizi & Magnani were well known comedic actors & perform magnificently against type Shot both on the ravaged streets & in the studio Rome Open City seamlessly blends sequences reminiscent of documentary with more conventional dramatic scenes notable for their pace precise staging & affectingly naturalistic performances Its emotional punch remains undiminished Actors Anna Magnani Aldo Fabrizi Marcello Pagliero Directors Roberto Rossellini Format Dolby PALLanguage Italian Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

This handy pocket-sized guide is packed with ideas for things to do in in Rome &

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The epic drama set in the days of Julius Caesar his brutal henchman Mark Antony his cunning heir apparent Otavian his conflicted friend Brutus his ruthless niece Atia & his wrathful lover Sevilia It is a tale for ages seen through the eyes of Lucius Vorenus & Titus Pullo two soldiers whose lives become inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself Love & lust brotherhood & betrayal entangle the infamous Romans in a cruel match of power & principle revenge & redemption chronicling the death of the ancient republicand the birth of an Empire Superior picture quality & sound enables customers to experience Rome like never before Actors Ray Stevenson Kevin Mc Kidd Ciaran Hinds Indira Varma Max Pirkis Kerry Condon Karl Johnson James Purefoy Polly Walker Lindsay Duncan Kenneth Cranham Haydn Gwynne Rick Warden Tobias Menzies David Bamber & Ian Mc Neice Director Michael Apted Allen Coulter Alan Poul Steve Shill Timothy Van Patten Alan Taylor & John Maybury Certificate 18 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 1781 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages German ; French ; Spanish Subtitles English ; French ; German
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The year is 52 BC Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic Rome is the wealthiest city in the world a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people; epicenter of a sprawling empire The Republic was founded on principles of shared power & fierce personal competition never allowing one man to seize absolute control But now those foundations are crumbling eaten away by corruption & excess A serialized drama of love & betrayal masters & slaves husbands & wives Rome chronicles a turbulent era that saw the death of a republic & the birth of an empire Actors Ray Stevenson Kevin Mc Kidd Ciaran Hinds Indira Varma Max Pirkis Kerry Condon Karl Johnson James Purefoy Polly Walker Lindsay Duncan Kenneth Cranham Haydn Gwynne Rick Warden Tobias Menzies David Bamber & Ian Mc Neice Certificate 18 years & over Year 2005 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series Rome&s end will satisfy those swept up in its lavishly mounted spectacle & invested in the human dramas of the historical figures & fictional characters Series 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar&s assassination & charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between "vulgar beast" Mark Antony (James Purefoy) & "clever boy" Octavian (Simon Woods) who is surprisingly named Caesar&s sole heir The series& most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers & unlikely friends the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin Mc Kidd) & Titus " Violence is the only trade I know" Pullo (Ray Stevenson) who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife&s suicide Series 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker) who is Antony&s mistress & Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings & sickening torture Another gripping sub plot is Vorenus&s estrangement from his children who at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them ...

In ways no guide book can achieve these twenty absorbing tales by Italian authors ranging from Boccaccio in the Middle Ages to Giacomo Casanova in the eighteenth century to Pier-Paolo Pasolini in the twentieth & contemporary new writers such as Melania Mazzucco & Igiaba Scego offer the delight of discovering & exploring one of the world's most unique cities thorough a wide variety of individual lives & epochs The tales span seven hundred years but rather than being ordered chronologically old & new appear alongside one another reflecting the dual identity of Rome
- thriving modern metropolis & ancient city centre that is one of the wonders of the world The tales are wonderfully varied in style tone & subject matter Casanova sets about seducing the hotelier's daughter only minutes after his arrival a notorious Spanish prostitute in Renaissance Rome endures a public hiding without flinching a Danish tourist in her sixties finds an unusual lover Pope John Paul II uncovers a vast conspiracy against him a medieval revolutionary demagogue suffers almost the same fate as Mussolini Each story is illustrated with a black-&-white photograph & there is a map of Rome to help readers locate the important sites which feature in the text A deep sense of timelessness of separate destinies entwined across a gulf of centuries is the cumulative effect of this vivid mosaic of dramatic comic & tragic stories set in the Eternal City
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Rome Total War Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion Rome Total War Alexander Rome Total War Storm clouds gather over Europe Asia & North Africa as mighty armies march forward in Rome Total War Command the greatest forces of the ancient world including the Roman Legions Carthage & Gaul; lay siege to civilisations using powerful war engines; & decimate your enemies using special units like ferocious war dogs armoured elephants or Scythed chariots In Rome Total War the most epic cinematic real-time 3D battles ever seen in a game come to life with awe-inspiring graphics Vast armies are led by brilliant generals such as Hannibal leader of the Carthaginians & Julius Caesar Rome&s greatest general & leader The mightiest armies & the most brilliant commanders of ancient times clash in an epic war game only Total War can create Alexander An all new campaign map extends the Rome Total War experience further Eastward than ever before taking you into Macedonia & the Persian Empire A host of new content

Includes:: four new factions & 60 all new units such as Alexander&s Phalangists Six new historical battles offer you the chance to experience Alexander&s key clashes & a redesigned campaign game forces you to press ever onward or risk failing to match Alexander&s ferocious pace of conquest Barbarian A shadow falls across the Roman world It is 363 AD & the last Emperor of the unified Rome is dead His successors now rule a divided Empire Beyond the frontiers of the sundered Empire new enemies are lurking The barbarians are at the gates in this official expansion pack for Rome Total War!A brand new campaign game 10 new playable factions
- including the Huns Franks Saxons Goths & both Roman Empires!100 new units with their own strengths weapons & abilities including Schiltrom & Shieldwall formations swimming & axe-throwing Barbarian Hordes
- march your entire people in search of a new homeland You were there for Rome&s glory Be there for Rome&s fall



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