This text consists of an illustrated guide to all the major sites in twelve main areas in central Rome, and four in Greater Rome, including the Capitoline Hill, Roman Forum, Colosseum, Mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian, the Circus Maximus, Catacombs, Ostia, and Tivoli. This practical guide presupposes little knowledge of history or archaeology and gives clear directions on how to find sites and monuments of interest - both well known and less familiar. The introduction offers an assessment of Roman achievement and its status as the capital of the Roman Empire, explaining how Rome has survived to become the largest and most complex archaeological site in the world. There are also reference tables of archaeological periods, of emperors, and principal surviving buildings.