A cabinet of Roman curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's greatest empire / J. C. McKeown.

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Main Author: McKeown, J. C.
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Rome > Civilization > Miscellanea.
Rome > History > Miscellanea.
Genre:
Miscellanea.
Physical Description:xi, 243 pages : illustrations
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Family life
  • Women
  • Names
  • Education
  • The army
  • Romans at sea
  • The law
  • Farming
  • Medicine
  • Religion & superstition
  • The life of the mind
  • Foreigners
  • Slaves
  • Animals
  • Spectacles
  • Food & drink
  • Decadence
  • buildings
  • Pompeii & Herculaneum
  • Toilets
  • Not for the puritanical
  • Tempus fugit
  • Kings, consuls & emperors.