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Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia

Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia

Aldrete, Gregory S.

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Ancient RomeGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0806140275
ISBN13: 9780806140278
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Mar 15 2009
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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.

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