As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History - Brossura

Shelton, Jo-Ann; Ripat, Pauline

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ISBN 10: 019007213X ISBN 13: 9780190072131

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 1900

Riassunto

As the Romans Did offers a rich, revealing look at everyday Roman life. It provides clear, lively translations of a fascinating array of documents drawn from Latin and Greek source material--from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English. Extensive annotations, abundant biographical notes, maps, appendices, cross-references to related topics, and a newly-updated bibliography provide readers with the historical and cultural background material necessary to appreciate the selections. Arranged thematically into chapters on family life, housing, education, entertainment, religion, and other important topics, the translations reveal the ambitions and aspirations not only of the upper class, but of the average Roman citizen as well. They tell of the success and failure of Rome's grandiose imperialist policies and also of the pleasures and hardships of everyday life. Wide-ranging and lively, the second edition of As the Romans Did offers the most lucid account available of Roman life in all its diversity.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jo-Ann Shelton is Professor of Classics (Emerita) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Pauline Ripat is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg (Canada).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1900
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019007213X
• ISBN 13: 9780190072131
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 624
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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