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Article: Trajan's Forum. (Book Reviews).(The Forum of Trajan in Rome -- A Study of the Monuments in Brief)(Book Review)
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- Architectural Science Review
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- December 1, 2002
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The Forum of Trajan in Rome -- A Study of the Monuments in Brief by James A. Packer. The University of California Press, Los Angeles 2001 (our copy from California Princeton Fulfilment Service, 1445 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing NJ 08618). 235 pp., ill., index. Pbk. Price: $US 39.95.
Napoleon's extraordinary military and political activities have overshadowed his important achievements in law and in archaeology. When Napoleon went on his expedition to Egypt, he took with him a large team of archaeologists and historians, and almost single-handedly established the science of Egyptology. When he embarked on his Italian campaign, he again took with him ...