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Everyday life in ancient Rome

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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.

Subjects: History
Social life and customs
Histoire
Manners and customs
Mœurs et coutumes
Moeurs et coutumes
Set in: Rome
Time: Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D

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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1998
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Pages: 170
Language: English
Contributor: Casson, Lionel, 1914-
ISBN-10: 0801859913

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