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Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire; Second Edition (Revised)
Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire; Second Edition (Revised) | Jerome Carcopino
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This classic book brings to life imperial Rome as it was during the second century A.D., the time of Trajan and Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. It was a period marked by lavish displays of wealth, a dazzling cultural mix, and the advent of Christianity. The splendor and squalor of the city, the spectacles, and the day's routines are reconstructed from an immense fund of archaeological evidence and from vivid descriptions by ancient poets, satirists, letter-writers, and novelists--from Petronius to Pliny the Younger. In a new Introduction, the eminent classicist Mary Beard appraises the book's enduring--and sometimes surprising--influence and its value for general readers and students. She also provides an up-to-date bibliographic essay. "Carcopino's pledge to his readers was to open up to them some traces of the world that lay underneath the grandeur that remains the public face of ancient Rome. . . . No one has ever done it better."--Mary Beard, from the Introduction
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Izai.Amorim Roma! 5y
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kstadt929 We will be in Rome in a couple weeks for our honeymoon!!! ❤️ 5y
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Astroneman @kstadt929 I'm a teacher in Rome 5y
kstadt929 @Astroneman So cool! Any tips for “must see” hidden places? Specifically a book store or gelato place? We are from the US and have never been before :) We are so excited, but only have about a day and a half there 5y
Astroneman @kstadt929 Colosseo and Foro, piazza di Spagna and piazza Venezia! 5y
Astroneman @kstadt929 città del Vaticano of course! 5y
Astroneman @kstadt929 libreria cultora, giufa' libreria Cafe, libreria Eli, la feltrinelli international, mondadori bookstore and Libraccio (used books) 5y
kstadt929 @Astroneman Thank you so much! I‘ll have to look up the ones I don‘t recognize - on our full day there we are taking a tour that includes colosseum, Vatican museums, pantheon, trevi fountain, piazza navona and St. Peter‘s basilica ❤️ 5y
GoneFishing Loved Rome. 4y
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