Roman Life

Roman Life

Author: Mary Johnston

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13:

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Information over Roman life including archaeology, ancient Rome, Roman civilization, architecture, customs, education, food, games, theater, books, religion, and the ceremonial rites of the dead.


Daily Life in the Roman City

Daily Life in the Roman City

Author: Gregory S. Aldrete

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2004-12-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0313017972

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Despite the fact that the majority of the inhabitants of the Roman Empire lived an agricultural existence and thus resided outside of urban centers, there is no denying the fact that the core of Roman civilization—its essential culture and politics—was based in cities. Even at the furthest boundaries of the Empire, Roman cities shared a remarkable and consistent similarity in terms of architecture, art, infrastructure, and organization which was modeled after the greatest city of all, Rome itself. In Gregory Aldrete's exhaustive account, readers will have the opportunity to peer into the inner workings of daily life in ancient Rome, to witness the full range of glory, cruelty, sophistication, and deprivation that characterized Roman cities, and will perhaps even gain new insight into the nature and history of urban existence in America today. Included are accounts of Rome's history, infrastructure, government, and inhabitants, as well as chapters on life and death, the dangers and pleasures of urban living, entertainment, religion, the emperors, and the economy. Additional sections explore two other important Roman cities: Ostia, an industrial port town, and Pompeii, the doomed playground of the rich. This volume is ideal for high school and college students, as well as for anyone interested in examining the realities of life in ancient Rome. A chronology of the time period, maps, illustrations, a bibliography, and an index are also included.


Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Author: David Stone Potter

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780472085682

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"Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire gives those who have a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point informed by the latest developments in scholarship for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment are all crucial to an understanding of the Roman world. As views of Roman history have broadened in recent decades to encompass a wider range of topics, the need has grown for a single volume that can offer a starting point for all these diverse subjects, for readers of all backgrounds."--Page 4 of cover.


Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome

Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome

Author: Lesley Adkins

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0816074828

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Describes the people, places, and events of Ancient Rome, describing travel, trade, language, religion, economy, industry and more, from the days of the Republic through the High Empire period and beyond.


Life of a Roman Soldier

Life of a Roman Soldier

Author: Don Nardo

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781560066798

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Explains how the discipline, courage, and preparation of the Roman soldier combined with the strategies and tactics of his commander and the organization of the military establishment resulted in the conquest of many lands for the Roman Empire.


What Life was Like when Rome Ruled the World

What Life was Like when Rome Ruled the World

Author: Time-Life Books

Publisher: Time Life Medical

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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Examines the civilization and history of Rome through text and photos of artifacts, discussing the social life and customs, leisure, work, rulers, and religion of the Romans.


The Life of Roman Republicanism

The Life of Roman Republicanism

Author: Joy Connolly

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 069117637X

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In recent years, Roman political thought has attracted increased attention as intellectual historians and political theorists have explored the influence of the Roman republic on major thinkers from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Held up as a "third way" between liberalism and communitarianism, neo-Roman republicanism promises useful, persuasive accounts of civic virtue, justice, civility, and the ties that bind citizens. But republican revivalists, embedded in modern liberal, democratic, and constitutional concerns, almost never engage closely with Roman texts. The Life of Roman Republicanism takes up that challenge. With an original combination of close reading and political theory, Joy Connolly argues that Cicero, Sallust, and Horace inspire fresh thinking about central concerns of contemporary political thought and action. These include the role of conflict in the political community, especially as it emerges from class differences; the necessity of recognition for an equal and just society; the corporeal and passionate aspects of civic experience; citizens' interdependence on one another for senses of selfhood; and the uses and dangers of self-sovereignty and fantasy. Putting classicists and political theorists in dialogue, the book also addresses a range of modern thinkers, including Kant, Hannah Arendt, Stanley Cavell, and Philip Pettit. Together, Connolly's readings construct a new civic ethos of advocacy, self-criticism, embodied awareness, imagination, and irony.


Stories of Daily Life from the Roman World

Stories of Daily Life from the Roman World

Author: Eleanor Dickey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-31

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1107176808

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This book provides English translations of newly discovered texts in an easily understandable presentation, with extensive illustrations.