In Caesar's Rome With Cicero

What happens to Tony and Julia visiting the capital of Italy with their parents? an unexpected meeting with the best-informed guide of all: Marco Tullio Cicero, great lawyer, writer and talented statesman. With him the two youngsters discover imposing monuments such as the Forum, the temple of Jupiter, the Senate, the theater of Pompey, the Circus Maximus. Wandering through the streets they live the life of the ancient Romans: visit their houses, take a walk in the market, enter the baths, try the food in the taverna, even poke their heads into a school! An exceptional journey in time, in 45 B.C., to get to know an ancient city unlike any other.


• 16 gorgeous spreads illustrating the places visited

• clear informative texts

• a short biography of Cicero

• a short account of the age of Caesar

• a big map of Rome

• a chronology listing the most important events

• a glossary for difficult terms and the names of personages