Folio Archives 171: Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Jéröme Carcopino 2004
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Daily Life in Ancient Rome, The people and the City at the Height of the Empire by Jéröme Carcopino 2004
This is a fascinating book that explains how Romans lived their daily lives 2000 years ago. What and how they ate, how they were entertained, the management of servants and slaves, the nature of traffic, the functioning of a market, the way they dressed, how they slept and the communal toilets where they evacuated in social situation similar to the intake of food. The detailed activities of an average citizen are followed from first waking till slumber time.
At the time of Trajan, Rome was in its Golden Age and it was a cosmopolitan city with a few citizens who were extraordinarily wealthy, while the majority were slaves. Intellectual enlightenment went side by side with appalling poverty in what was the hub of the western civilised world.
The 384 page book was edited by Henry T.Rowell, translated by E.O.Lorimer, and introduced by Keith Hopkins. It is bound in full cloth, printed with a wrap-around colour picture by Richard Shirley Smith. There are 24 pages of bound-in colour plates and map endpapers printed maroon on grey. The book is housed in a plain maroon slipcase 26x18.3cm. There is a bibliography and it is extensively indexed.
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An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
This is a fascinating book that explains how Romans lived their daily lives 2000 years ago. What and how they ate, how they were entertained, the management of servants and slaves, the nature of traffic, the functioning of a market, the way they dressed, how they slept and the communal toilets where they evacuated in social situation similar to the intake of food. The detailed activities of an average citizen are followed from first waking till slumber time.
At the time of Trajan, Rome was in its Golden Age and it was a cosmopolitan city with a few citizens who were extraordinarily wealthy, while the majority were slaves. Intellectual enlightenment went side by side with appalling poverty in what was the hub of the western civilised world.
The 384 page book was edited by Henry T.Rowell, translated by E.O.Lorimer, and introduced by Keith Hopkins. It is bound in full cloth, printed with a wrap-around colour picture by Richard Shirley Smith. There are 24 pages of bound-in colour plates and map endpapers printed maroon on grey. The book is housed in a plain maroon slipcase 26x18.3cm. There is a bibliography and it is extensively indexed.
Endpapers
Prospectus page
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
2PeterFitzGerald
Thank you! I’d never heard of this, but was thoroughly enabled and have just ordered a copy.
