Even though the last time Clark visited Rome the year was 1974, you cannot help but daydream of traveling to Rome when you read Rome and a Villa. I started a mental checklist of everything I hoped to see, should I get there myself: the 124 steps of Santa Mana Aracoeli beside the Campidoglio, feral cats scattering in the rain, the Piazza Vittorio, the famous Trevi Fountain which was funded with a second tax on wine, and capable of moving 80,000 cubic meters of water per day.
Clark even opened my eyes to the Roman influences here in the United States: Penn Station in New York City; how it was designed with the Baths of Caracalle in mind.
Beyond architecture and tourist draws, Clark paints pictures of influential individuals like Julius Caesar and Hadrian. She meanders with her narrative and is sometimes difficult to follow, but worth it if you can stick with her. ( )

quite boring. no pictures of what she was talking about. no maps to show us where she was. thought many times of not finishing. but parts were interesting. ( )

Edition: // Descr: 303 p. : ill. 18.5 cm. // Series: Call No. { 947 C54 } Drawings by Eugene Berman. // //