Populus : living and dying in ancient Rome

Populus : living and dying in ancient Rome /

"Living in ancient Rome was one of the most intense experiences in human history. It was also superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians and poets, who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of the city that ruled the known world. Populus takes the reader on a com...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De la Bédoyère, Guy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Economic history.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Religion.
Social conditions.
Economic conditions.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Economic conditions.
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > Intellectual life.
Rome > Religion.
Rome > Conditions économiques.
Rome > Conditions sociales.
Rome (Empire)
Table of Contents:
  • Cityscape
  • The Roman Mindset
  • Domus et Familia
  • Sex and Passion
  • Cursus Honorum
  • The Frightened City
  • Slaves
  • Splendid Accessories: Freedmen and Women
  • Dining Out and Eating In
  • Doctors and Disease
  • Enfeebled by Baths
  • Spectacles
  • Animals in Rome
  • Gods, Shrines, and Omens
  • From Rome to Eternity
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • Dates
  • Roman Society
  • Sources
  • Visiting the World of Populus.

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