Populus : living and dying in the wealth, smoke, and din of ancient Rome
De la Bédoyère, Guy2024
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Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bédoyère takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. 'Populus' places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.
Main title:
Populus : living and dying in the wealth, smoke, and din of ancient Rome / Guy de la Bédoyère.
Author:
De la Bédoyère, Guy, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus Books, 2024.
Collation:
468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), map (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781408715154 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2432922