Everyday life in ancient Rome
By: Lionel Casson.
Contributors: Casson, Lionel, 1914-
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Rome -- Social life and customs; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
Description: In Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to the society of the age. Instead of following the standard procedure of social history, he presents a series of vignettes focusing on the "ways of life" of various members of that society, from the slave to the emperor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-162) and index.
Rev. ed. of: The Horizon book of daily life in ancient Rome, [1975]