When in Rome : Social Life in Ancient Rome

by: Chrystal, P.

Price: 30,00 EURO

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When in Rome is a vibrant and accessible social history of Rome, from 753 BCE to the fall of the Empire some 1,300 years later. To support its findings, this volume features hundreds of translations from original authors, both Roman and Greek. Additionally, it contains evidence taken from the visual arts, curse tablets, and official records, as well as inscriptions, graffiti, and both private and official correspondence. Each comes with detailed commentaries, placing everything into its social and historical context.

On being a Roman: Romanitas
what it was and what it meant
Family life
Marriage, divorce, and adultery
Domestic and sexual abuse
Lifestyle choices: urband living or escape to the country?
Food and feasting
Medicine, death, and dying
Deformity and disability
Education
The world of work
The moral high ground, corruption, and the good old days
Slaves, freedmen, and freedwomen
Roman women in Roman society
The games, circus, theatre, & baths
Religion
Magic and superstition

When in Rome : Social Life in Ancient Rome

by: Chrystal, P.

• ISBN-13: 9781781556047 / 978-1-78155-604-7
• ISBN-03: 1781556040 / 1-78155-604-0
• Fonthill, , 2017

Price: 30,00 EURO

1 copy in stock