Author: BALSDON, J. P. V. D.
Title: Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome
Description: London: Bodley Head, 1969. Hardcover. ISBN: 0370004442. Scholar's name to ffep (Katherine Dunbabin). Minor edgewear to boards. ; Reprint of the 1974 corrected reprint. 463pp, illustrated. How did average Romans live out each year, conduct their family life, rear and educate their children? What about slaves in the household? How did people enjoy themselves--did they travel or go to the theater? And, how were those famed gladiators trained? From a wide variety of sources--writers, inscriptions, papyri, mosaics, stones, even graffiti--the answers to these question come into sharp relief. "By far the best single volume on the subject." --The Guardian. ; 463 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: 0370004442 ROME HISTORY Social & Cultural Roman History


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