LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME: Slums, Baths, Latrines and the Harsh Reality of the Roman World (THE ROMAN WORLD Book 1) - Brossura

R. Whitmore, Adrian

9798175922074: LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME: Slums, Baths, Latrines and the Harsh Reality of the Roman World (THE ROMAN WORLD Book 1)

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ISBN 13: 9798175922074

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2026

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Beyond Rome’s marble temples and triumphal arches lay a city of smoke, hunger, overcrowding and constant danger.
Most Romans did not live among emperors and senators. They climbed unstable apartment stairs, queued at public fountains, searched for uncertain work and cooked beside open flames that could destroy an entire block. Magnificent baths promised warmth and cleanliness, yet relied on furnace labour, shared water and human bondage. Latrines and sewers removed waste, but could not protect residents from parasites, contamination and disease.
In this vivid, evidence-based account, Adrian R. Whitmore reconstructs Rome from street level. Drawing on archaeology, inscriptions, legal texts and ancient testimony, he follows ordinary people into rented rooms, bathhouses, markets, workshops and sickbeds while separating historical fact from familiar myth.
Discover how Rome fed nearly a million inhabitants, why citizenship shaped survival, and how the capital’s comforts rested on labour and resources drawn from across the empire.
Enter the living city behind the monuments—and experience ancient Rome as its people knew it.

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