Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Royal Scottish Academy 2010. It is impossible to speak of western civilization without talking of Rome, not so much on account of her former role as an imperial, conquering power but rather because of the immense cultural, artistic and lawmaking legacy she has left us. This exhibition, organized by the Cultural Institute in Edinburgh aims to highlight and provide evidence for at least some of the many continuing links between Rome and Scotland over the last two thousand years