Everyday Life in Ancient Rome

Name: Everyday Life in Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 9780801859922

ISBN-10: 0801859921

ISBN-13: 9780801859922

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Lionel Casson

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"This book presents a series of concise sketches of key phases of life in the Roman world during its greatest period, the peaceful and prosperous years of the first and second centuries A.D.: what life was like in the city, in the countryside, on the road; what it was like in the various levels of society... The sketches are fashioned to reveal how the inevitable cycle from birth to death that we all share played out in the circumstances of this very special age." -- from the preface In Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to the society of the times. Instead of following the standard procedure of social history, he presents a series of vignettes…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 2/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Lionel Casson, professor emeritus of classics at New York University has written many books on ancient maritime history and ancient travel.



List of Illustrations


Preface



The Times



The Family



On the Farm



In the City



A Roman Gentleman



The Slave



Two Resurrected Cities



The Soldier



Many Gods



Fun and Games



On the Road



The Engineer



The Emperor



Table of Roman Emperors


Abbreviations


Notes


Index