{"product_id":"life-in-ancient-rome-isbn-9780399503283","title":"Life in Ancient Rome","description":"“This book will be of the greatest service . . . a scholarly and convenient presentation of a vast array of facts.” –\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this well-written and well-researched social history, F. R. Cowell succeeds in making \u003ci\u003eLife in Ancient Rome \u003c\/i\u003ealive and dynamic. The combination of acute historical detail and supplementary illustrations makes this book perfectly suited for the student preparing to explore classics, as well as the tourist preparing to explore twentieth-century Rome. Lucid and engaging, \u003ci\u003eLife in Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone seeking familiarity with the greatness that was Rome.\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgment\u003cbr\u003eMap of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI THE CITY OF ROME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rise and Growth of the City\u003cbr\u003eApartments and Houses\u003cbr\u003eFurniture\u003cbr\u003eGardens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII GROWING UP IN ANCIENT ROME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome Education\u003cbr\u003eSchool and Schoolmasters\u003cbr\u003eSchool Education\u003cbr\u003eTelling the Time\u003cbr\u003eThe Calendar\u003cbr\u003eMoney\u003cbr\u003eWeights and Measures\u003cbr\u003eHigher Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII FAMILY LIFE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Spirit of Home Life\u003cbr\u003eWomen at Home\u003cbr\u003eEncouraging Large Families\u003cbr\u003eBeauty Treatment\u003cbr\u003eBarbers\u003cbr\u003eClothes\u003cbr\u003eMeals, Food and Drink\u003cbr\u003eKitchens and Cooking\u003cbr\u003eMaking Bread\u003cbr\u003eWine\u003cbr\u003eHealth and Hygiene\u003cbr\u003eDeath and Burial\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV SLAVERY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrigins and Development of Slavery\u003cbr\u003eCost of Slaves\u003cbr\u003eSlave Labour\u003cbr\u003eTreatment of Slaves\u003cbr\u003eSlave Revolts\u003cbr\u003eFreedmen and Freedwomen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV EARNING A LIVING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Attitudes to Industry and Trade\u003cbr\u003eRome's Imports and Their Transport\u003cbr\u003eBuilding\u003cbr\u003eClothing, Milling and Baking\u003cbr\u003eMarket-Gardening in and around Rome\u003cbr\u003eShops and Markets\u003cbr\u003eProfessional Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawyers\u003cbr\u003eDoctors\u003cbr\u003eSurgeons\u003cbr\u003eWriters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFree Food\u003cbr\u003eInns, Taverns and Snack Bars\u003cbr\u003eRoman Roads\u003cbr\u003eClass Distinctions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI LEISURE HOURS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWork and Leisure Hours\u003cbr\u003eThe Lure of Rome\u003cbr\u003eThe Baths\u003cbr\u003eHigh Society\u003cbr\u003eThe Elegant Younger Set\u003cbr\u003eDances\u003cbr\u003eCultural Interests\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic\u003cbr\u003eOratory\u003cbr\u003eBooks and Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShows and Spectacles\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stage\u003cbr\u003eChariot Races\u003cbr\u003eA Day at the Amphitheatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman Dynamism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII RELIGION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Beliefs\u003cbr\u003eState Religion\u003cbr\u003eFestivals and Games\u003cbr\u003eAstrology\u003cbr\u003eMystery Cults\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsis and Osiris\u003cbr\u003eMithraism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rise of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronological Summary\u003cbr\u003eA Note about Books\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 A sacrifice in front of the Temple of Juno Moneta\u003cbr\u003e2 Part of Constantine's triumphal procession passing through the \u003ci\u003eForum Romanum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Part of Constantine's triumphal procession passing the \u003ci\u003eTabularium\u003c\/i\u003e and ascending the steps of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus\u003cbr\u003e4 The \u003ci\u003eatrium,\u003c\/i\u003e or central courtyard, of a Roman house\u003cbr\u003e5 Hypocaust system of central heating\u003cbr\u003e6 Chair\u003cbr\u003e7 Couch\u003cbr\u003e8 Roman lighting\u003cbr\u003e9 Braziers\u003cbr\u003e10 Earthenware cups and dishes\u003cbr\u003e11 Jewellery\u003cbr\u003e12 A peristyle\u003cbr\u003e13 \u003ci\u003eLararium,\u003c\/i\u003e or shrine of the \u003ci\u003eLar familiaris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 Schoolmaster flogging a pupil\u003cbr\u003e15 A banker\u003cbr\u003e16 A schoolroom scene\u003cbr\u003e17 Interior of a shop selling belts and pillows\u003cbr\u003e18-22 Some coins of the early Empire\u003cbr\u003e23 Wedding ceremony\u003cbr\u003e24 A baker and his wife\u003cbr\u003e25 A well-to-do lady being dressed by her slave girls\u003cbr\u003e26 Beauty aids\u003cbr\u003e27 Bronze hand-mirror\u003cbr\u003e28 Beards of the Second Century A.D. and the late Republic\u003cbr\u003e29 Fullers at work\u003cbr\u003e30 Full Roman dress\u003cbr\u003e31 Military dress\u003cbr\u003e32 Glassware\u003cbr\u003e33 A Roman kitchen\u003cbr\u003e34 Kitchen utensils\u003cbr\u003e35 Bronze urn\u003cbr\u003e36 Earthenware jars for storing wine and oil\u003cbr\u003e37 Small wine-table\u003cbr\u003e38 Part of a funeral procession\u003cbr\u003e39 Tombs of eminent citizens\u003cbr\u003e40 \u003ci\u003eColumbaria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e41 Sale of a foreign slave\u003cbr\u003e42 A rich lady being carried in a litter\u003cbr\u003e43 An aqueduct\u003cbr\u003e44 Slave driving his master's coach\u003cbr\u003e45 Manumission, or ceremonial freeing of a slave\u003cbr\u003e46 Carrier's wagon leaving a wine-merchant's shop\u003cbr\u003e47 A barge, laden with wine, being towed up the Tiber, from Ostia to Rome\u003cbr\u003e48 Loading a barge at Ostia\u003cbr\u003e49 Ass and slaves at work in a flour mill\u003cbr\u003e50 A pharmacy\u003cbr\u003e51 A retail merchant's shop\u003cbr\u003e52 The \u003ci\u003eForum Trajani,\u003c\/i\u003e the market built by the Emperor Trajan in A.D. 114\u003cbr\u003e53 A steelyard\u003cbr\u003e54 A cobbler\u003cbr\u003e55 A baker's shop\u003cbr\u003e56 The interior of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus\u003cbr\u003e57 A selection 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