Ebook: A cabinet of Roman curiosities: strange tales and surprising facts from the world's greatest empire
Author: McKeown J. C
- Tags: HISTORY--Ancient, Civilization, Electronic book, Trivia and miscellanea, History, Rome -- Civilization -- Miscellanea, Rome -- History -- Miscellanea, HISTORY -- Ancient, Rome (Empire)
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: New York;Oxford;Rome;Rome (Empire
- Language: English
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Here is a whimsical and captivating collection of odd facts, strange beliefs, outlandish opinions, and other highly amusing trivia of the ancient Romans. We tend to think of the Romans as a pragmatic people with a ruthlessly efficient army, an exemplary legal system, and a precise and elegant language. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities shows that the Romans were equally capable of bizarre superstitions, logic-defying customs, and often hilariously derisive views of their fellow Romans and non-Romans. Classicist J.C. McKeown has organized the entries in this entertaining volume around major theme.;Family life -- Women -- Names -- Education -- The army -- Romans at sea -- The law -- Farming -- Medicine -- Religion and superstition -- The life of the mind -- Foreigners -- Slaves -- Animals -- Spectacles -- Food and drink -- Decadence -- buildings -- Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Toilets -- Not for the puritanical -- Tempus fugit -- Kings, consuls and emperors.
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