Rick Steves Rome 2019 by Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw

Author:Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Publishing

Basement (Floor -2)

The “Luxury in Rome” rooms give a peek into the lives of Rome’s well-to-do citizens, featuring fine jewelry and common everyday objects. The mummified body of an eight-year-old girl born in the second century A.D., found in a stone sarcophagus near Rome in 1964, is a highlight; a doll buried with the girl is also on display.

Next, enter the extensive coin collection. Find your favorite emperor or empress on the coins: Julius Caesar (case 8, #41-44), Augustus (case 8, #65-69, and case 9, #1-38), Augustus’ system of denars (case 10), Tiberius (case 10, #1-16), Caligula (case 10, #17-28), and Nero (case 11, #2-33). Evaluate Roman life by studying how Diocletian tweaked the gold standard (glass case 21). In A.D. 300, one denar bought one egg. The rest of the displays trace Italy’s money from denars to euros. Exhibit 59 shows off the early history of a more recent monetary unit, the old Italian lira. And finally, case 62 brings us up to date with the Italian versions of Rome’s latest coinage, the euro.

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