Here Was Rome

The book is a fusion of the author’s biggest hobbies – antiquity and travelling. It can be read as a travel guide or as a story about one of the most important cities in the world. The author sought to follow in the footsteps of the enlightened amateurs who were in love with the Eternal City: Goethe, Byron, Gogol Dickens, Mark Twain, Pavel Muratov and Pyotr Vail. The capital of omnipotent Popes, the pearl of Renaissance and Baroque, and the city of Michelangelo and Bernini will shine almost through every page; however the book is mainly a story about ancient times, and about the city of Romulus, Caesar and Nero.

Moscow, AST: Corpus, 2013