Invisible Romans : prostitutes, outlaws, slaves, gladiators, ordinary men and women ... the Romans that history forgot / Robert Knapp.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knapp, Robert C.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Rome > History.
Rome > Civilization.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Physical Description:371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : seeing the invisible
  • In the middle : ordinary men
  • Lives of their own : ordinary women
  • Subjection and survival : the poor
  • Coping in bondage : slaves
  • After slavery : freedmen
  • A living at arms : soldiers
  • Sex for sale : prostitutes
  • Fame and death : gladiators
  • Beyond the law : bandits and pirates.