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Informationen zum Autor F. R. Cowell Klappentext "This book will be of the greatest service . . . a scholarly and convenient presentation of a vast array of facts." -Times Literary Supplement In this well-written and well-researched social history, F. R. Cowell succeeds in making Life in Ancient Rome alive and dynamic. The combination of acute historical detail and supplementary illustrations makes this book perfectly suited for the student preparing to explore classics, as well as the tourist preparing to explore twentieth-century Rome. Lucid and engaging, Life in Ancient Rome is for anyone seeking familiarity with the greatness that was Rome. Zusammenfassung “This book will be of the greatest service . . . a scholarly and convenient presentation of a vast array of facts.” – Times Literary Supplement In this well-written and well-researched social history! F. R. Cowell succeeds in making Life in Ancient Rome alive and dynamic. The combination of acute historical detail and supplementary illustrations makes this book perfectly suited for the student preparing to explore classics! as well as the tourist preparing to explore twentieth-century Rome. Lucid and engaging! Life in Ancient Rome is for anyone seeking familiarity with the greatness that was Rome. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgment Map of Rome I THE CITY OF ROME The Rise and Growth of the City Apartments and Houses Furniture Gardens II GROWING UP IN ANCIENT ROME Home Education School and Schoolmasters School Education Telling the Time The Calendar Money Weights and Measures Higher Studies III FAMILY LIFE The Spirit of Home Life Women at Home Encouraging Large Families Beauty Treatment Barbers Clothes Meals, Food and Drink Kitchens and Cooking Making Bread Wine Health and Hygiene Death and Burial IV SLAVERY Origins and Development of Slavery Cost of Slaves Slave Labour Treatment of Slaves Slave Revolts Freedmen and Freedwomen V EARNING A LIVING Traditional Attitudes to Industry and Trade Rome's Imports and Their Transport Building Clothing, Milling and Baking Market-Gardening in and around Rome Shops and Markets Professional Life Lawyers Doctors Surgeons Writers Free Food Inns, Taverns and Snack Bars Roman Roads Class Distinctions VI LEISURE HOURS Work and Leisure Hours The Lure of Rome The Baths High Society The Elegant Younger Set Dances Cultural Interests Music Oratory Books and Reading Shows and Spectacles The Stage Chariot Races A Day at the Amphitheatre Roman Dynamism VII RELIGION Traditional Beliefs State Religion Festivals and Games Astrology Mystery Cults Isis and Osiris Mithraism The Rise of Christianity Chronological Summary A Note about Books Index LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 A sacrifice in front of the Temple of Juno Moneta 2 Part of Constantine's triumphal procession passing through the Forum Romanum 3 Part of Constantine's triumphal procession passing the Tabularium and ascending the steps of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus 4 The atrium, or central courtyard, of a Roman house 5 Hypocaust system of central heating 6 Chair 7 Couch 8 Roman lighting 9 Braziers 10 Earthenware cups and dishes 11 Jewellery 12 A peristyle 13 Lararium, or shrine of the Lar familiaris 14 Schoolmaster flogging a pupil 15 A banker 16 A schoolroom scene 17 Interior of a shop selling belts and pillows 18-22 Some coins of the early Empire 23 Wedding ceremony 24 A baker and his wife 25 A well-to-do lady being dressed by her slave girls 26 Bea...
