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The History of Rome in 12 Buildings

A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of the Eternal City

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The History of Rome in 12 Buildings

Auteur(s): Phillip Barlag
Narrateur(s): Stephen Graybill
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Any travel guide to Rome will urge visitors to go the Colosseum, but none answers a simple question: Why is it called the Colosseum?

The History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of the Eternal City is compelling, concise, and fun, and takes you behind the iconic buildings to reveal the hidden stories of the people that forged the Roman Empire.

Typical travel guides provide torrents of information but deny their listeners depth and perspective. In this gap is the really good stuff - the stories that make the buildings come alive and vividly enhance any trip to Rome.

The History of Rome in 12 Buildings will immerse you in the world of the Romans, one full of drama, intrigue, and scandal. With its help, you will be able to trace the rise and fall of the ancient world's greatest superpower:

  • Find the last resting spot of Julius Caesar.
  • Join Augustus as he offers sacrifices to the gods.
  • Discover the lie on the façade of the Pantheon.
  • Walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
  • And so much more.
©2018 Phillip Barlag (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Europe Voyage et aventure Europe de l’Ouest Aventure Rome Histoire ancienne Rome Travel
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A really good book in print, I’m sure, made into a marginal audiobook… it had great content but was not an entirely relaxing listen. It’s too bad, because I thought it was a clever approach to history.

First, as chapters are numbered but not titled, and even the audiobook description does not list the 12 buildings.

While you might remember Piazza Navona or Via Sacra , it is unlikely that you could capture a name like Mamertine Prison or The Walls of Aurelian ~ and get the spelling right! ~ to find it in Google while you are listening!

Second, be aware that this is a narrated version of a print book, not a properly produced audiobook.

After each building is described, each chapter moves onto travel information, such as directions and places to eat. If you don’t want to listen to addresses, phone numbers and websites being read out (yes, it does that!), and skip ahead to the next chapter, you risk missing valuable information: chapters end with adjacent little known historic sites (and they’re really good).

What would make this a true (better) audiobook would be to put the travel details in an accompanying PDF (and perhaps even enhanced with pictures, maps, etc). In other words, while it’s ok to say “Roma Pizzeria next door is good”, it takes away from otherwise good content to narrate address/phone details.

I really wanted to love this book, but in the end it’s a little like the love/hate relationship I experienced when visiting Rome: so much to love but senseless obstructions everywhere you turn. That realization helped me put up with the annoyances and I kept listening.

Below is the table of contents I put together for myself when listening, and am sharing for all.


History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of the Eternal City
by Phillip Barlag

Listening Guide, organized by me

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Via Sacra — the ancient main street of Rome
4. Mamertine Prison
5. The Temple of Caesar — where Julius Caesar was honored after death
6. Ara Pacis — altar celebrating Augustus’s peace
7. The Mausoleum of Augustus
8. The Colosseum (take path uphill, right of Colosseo metro station, for great views/cafe)
9. Piazza Navona — famous square
10. The Pantheon — temple with the domed roof and oculus (so cool to visit!)
11. The Baths of Caracalla
12. The Walls of Aurelian — fortifications still in evidence
13. Scala Santa
14. The Column of Phocas


Here’s the audiobook edition I drew from in my Audible library:

History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of the Eternal City
WRITTEN BY Phillip Barlag
NARRATED BY Stephen Graybill
RELEASE DATE 2018-03-19
FORMAT Unabridged Audiobook
LENGTH 3 hrs and 59 mins
PUBLISHER HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Good… yet annoying in audio form!

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