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Everyday Life in Ancient Rome Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)

Everyday Life in Ancient Rome By Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)

Everyday Life in Ancient Rome by Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)

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This revised edition of Casson's engaging work, originally published in 1975 as Daily Life in Ancient Rome, includes two new chapters as well as full documentation of the sources.

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Everyday Life in Ancient Rome by Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)

In Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to the society of the times. 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. The book opens with a description of the historical context and includes examination of topics such as the family, religion, urban and rural life, and leisure activities. This revised edition of Casson's engaging work, originally published in 1975 as Daily Life in Ancient Rome, includes two new chapters as well as full documentation of the sources.

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A series of concise sketches of key phases of life in the Roman world during its greatest period, the era of peace and prosperity in the first and second centuries A.D. Of Ages Past Magazine I was reading one of Casson's books [ Everyday Life in Ancient Rome] while waiting for [my daughter]... She was late, which would ordinarily have thrown me into a fever of apprehension, but on this occasion I was so wrapped up in the book, I didn't notice. In fact, when she did come back, quite late, I was annoyed because she had interrupted me before I had finished the book. I told Casson this, and he was infinitely pleased. -- Isaac Asimov I. Asimov: A Memoir

About Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)

Lionel Casson is professor emeritus of classics at New York University and has written many books about life in the ancient world, including Travel in the Ancient World,, and Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, both available from Johns Hopkins.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1. The Times
Chapter 2. The Family
Chapter 3. On The Farm
Chapter 4. In The City
Chapter 5. A Roman Gentleman
Chapter 6. The Slave
Chapter 7. Two Resurrected Cities
Chapter 8. The Soldier
Chapter 9. Many Gods
Chapter 10. Fun and Games
Chapter 11. On The road
Chapter 12. The Engineer
Chapter 13. The Emperor
Appendix: Table of Roman Emperors
Abbreviations
Notes
Index

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CIN0801859921G
9780801859922
0801859921
Everyday Life in Ancient Rome by Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)
Lionel Casson (Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professur Emeritus of Classics, New York University)
Used - Good
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
19990329
184
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