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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome

By Paul Erdkamp

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0521896290, 9780521896290
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
59 MB (62236404 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Pages
646\0
Topic
History
Time added
2020-06-26 04:58:13

Description

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome offers thirty-one original essays by leading historians, classicists and archaeologist on the largest metropolis of the Roman Empire. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are famous features of the Roman capital, Rome is addressed in this volume primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived, and died. The clearly written and succinct chapters discuss numerous issues related to the capital of the Roman Empire: from the monuments and the games to the food- and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, the Companion explains ground-breaking new research against the background of current debate and reaches a level of sophistication that will be appreciated by the experts.

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