A cabinet of Roman curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's greatest empire /
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 langua...
| Основен автор: | McKeown, J. C. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=318272 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cabinet of Roman curiosities. |
Съдържание:
- 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.