Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia

Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia

Although most Romans lived outside urban centers, the core of Roman civilization lay in its cities. Throughout the empire these citiesâ€”modeled as they were after Romeâ€”were strikingly alike. In Gregory Aldreteâ€™s exhaustive account, readers can peer into the inner workings of daily life in ancient Rome and examine the history, infrastructure, government, and economy of Rome; its emperors; and its inhabitantsâ€”their life and death, dangers and pleasures, entertainment, and religion.
Aldrete also shows how Roman cities differed. To accomplish this comparison, in addition to Rome, he explores Ostia, an industrial port town, and Pompeii, the doomed playground of the rich. Daily Life in the Roman City includes a chronology, maps, numerous illustrations, useful appendices (on names, the Roman calendar, clothing and appearance, and construction techniques), a bibliography, and an index.
This volume is ideal for high school and college students and for others wishing to examine the realities of life in ancient Rome.

Country	USA
Brand	University of Oklahoma Press
Manufacturer	University of Oklahoma Press
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	75 b&w illus., 3 maps
Height	9
Length	6
Weight	0.91932763254
Width	0.62
NumberOfItems	1
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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