Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii and Ostria (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Daily Life in the Roman City Although most Romans lived outside urban centers, the core of Roman civilization lay in its cities. In Gregory S. Aldrete's exhaustive account, readers can peer into the inner workings of daily life in ancient Rome and examine the history, infrastructure, government, and economy of Rome.
Full description- Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
- Published: 30 March 2009
- Format: Paperback 293 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780806140278 ISBN 10: 0806140275
- Sales rank: 293,146
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Full description for Daily Life in the Roman City
Although most Romans lived outside urban centers, the core of Roman civilization lay in its cities. Throughout the empire these cities--modeled as they were after Rome--were strikingly alike. In Gregory Aldrete's exhaustive account, readers can peer into the inner workings of daily life in ancient Rome and examine the history, infrastructure, government, and economy of Rome; its emperors; and its inhabitants--their life and death, dangers and pleasures, entertainment, and religion.Aldrete also shows how Roman cities differed. To accomplish this comparison, in addition to Rome, he explores Ostia, an industrial port town, and Pompeii, the doomed playground of the rich. "Daily Life in the Roman City" includes a chronology, maps, numerous illustrations, useful appendices (on names, the Roman calendar, clothing and appearance, and construction techniques), a bibliography, and an index.This volume is ideal for high school and college students and for others wishing to examine the realities of life in ancient Rome.
