Venice came to life on mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from invaders and Byzantine overlords; the fishermen and traders who settled there crafted a way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history; James H. S. McGregor recreates this world; with its waterways rather than roads and its livelihood harvested from the sea. The narrative follows both a chronological and geographical organization; so that readers can trace the citys evolution by chapter and visitors can explore it by district on foot and by boat.
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