Streets, Statues, and Senate Voices: Inside the Everyday World of Ancient Rome (eBook, ePUB)
A Research-Based Portrait of Work, Family, and Culture in the Roman City
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Behind Rome's marble monuments and political legends lived millions of ordinary people whose routines shaped the empire far more than its generals or emperors. Streets, Statues, and Senate Voices offers general readers a research-driven, immersive look into the daily life of Roman citizens-from bustling marketplaces and crowded insulae to lavish dinner banquets and public baths echoing with conversation. Drawing on archaeological evidence, inscriptions, household artifacts, urban planning studies, and classical literature, this book reconstructs the rhythms of Roman life with scholarly precisi...
Behind Rome's marble monuments and political legends lived millions of ordinary people whose routines shaped the empire far more than its generals or emperors. Streets, Statues, and Senate Voices offers general readers a research-driven, immersive look into the daily life of Roman citizens-from bustling marketplaces and crowded insulae to lavish dinner banquets and public baths echoing with conversation. Drawing on archaeological evidence, inscriptions, household artifacts, urban planning studies, and classical literature, this book reconstructs the rhythms of Roman life with scholarly precision. Readers will explore how families organized their homes, how merchants negotiated prices, how artisans managed workshops, how public entertainment influenced culture, and how law, religion, and civic duty shaped every citizen's identity. The narrative examines work, education, hygiene, food culture, festivals, social class, and leisure, offering a clear window into how ordinary Romans lived, aspired, and adapted within one of history's most complex societies. This research-focused account balances academic depth with accessible explanation, helping everyday readers understand what truly defined Roman life beyond the Senate and the legions. Rich, grounded, and deeply revealing, it brings ancient Rome down from its pedestals and into the lived experience of its people.
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