num_pages: 512
description: Revised to include new selections and updated bibliographical material, the second edition of this popular sourcebook 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 sourcematerial--from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English. This edition includes more than 50 additional selections that introduce new topics and expand coverageof existing topics. In addition, the commentary on all the selections has been revised to reflect the recent scholarship of social and cultural historians. Extensive annotations, abundant biographical notes, maps, appendices, cross-references to related topics, and a newly-updated bibliographyprovide 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'sgrandiose 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. Ideal for courses in Ancient Roman History, Social History of Rome,Roman Civilization, and Classics, it will also appeal to readers interested in ancient history.
language: English
title: As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History, 2nd Edition
titlecomplete: As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History, 2nd Edition
characters: Augustus
genres: Classical Studies, Ancient History, School, Reference, Textbooks, College, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Ancient
ratings_count: 394
publisher: Oxford University Press