Populus : living and dying in the wealth, smoke, and din of ancient Rome /
by De la Bedoyere, Guy.
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BookPublisher: London : Abacus Books, 2024Description: 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), map (black and white) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781408715154 (hbk.) :; 1408715155 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 937 BEDSubject(s): History | History | Ancient Rome | History | European history | Ancient history | Social & cultural history | Rome -- History | Rome -- CivilizationSummary: Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bedoyere takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. 'Populus' places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.
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| 936.4 ROB The Celts / | 936.4 ROB France : an adventure history / | 937 BEA SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / | 937 BED Populus : living and dying in the wealth, smoke, and din of ancient Rome / | 937 KER A brief history of classical civilization | 937.05 STR The death of Caesar : | 937.0509 STO The last assassin : the hunt for the killers of Julius Caesar / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bedoyere takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. 'Populus' places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.
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