Book overview
A natural and social history of Rome’s great river.
Tiber: Eternal River of Rome follows the waterway from its twin springs in the Apennines to its mouth at Ostia, tracing the landscapes, communities, stories, and changing uses that have gathered along its course.
Bruce Ware Allen considers the river as a setting for myth, conflict, work, art, faith, and civic life. The result is an accessible history of Italy’s Tiber and a richly varied guide to the people and places shaped by it.