Populus - Bedoyere, Guy de la
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To the Spirits of the Departed, Tiberius Claudius Secundus. He has everything here with him. Baths, wine, and sex destroy our bodies. But only baths, wine and sex make life worth living! Good health to you and yours. He made this for his wife Merope Caesonia himself, his family and his descendants. A tombstone from Rome Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others…mehr

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To the Spirits of the Departed, Tiberius Claudius Secundus. He has everything here with him. Baths, wine, and sex destroy our bodies. But only baths, wine and sex make life worth living! Good health to you and yours. He made this for his wife Merope Caesonia himself, his family and his descendants. A tombstone from Rome Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bédoyère takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. Populus places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.
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Guy de la Bédoyère has written extensively on the ancient world over the last thirty years, most recently Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army (which was described by the Sunday Times as 'highly enjoyable') and Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty. He was part of Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team for fifteen years. He has degrees from Durham, London and University College, and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.