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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.
'A rollicking new book... De La Bédoyère's command of these disparate sources is masterful' Sunday Telegraph
'A comprehensive and very well-referenced appraisal of city life' The Times
'Compelling details and an engaging prose style... Populus makes ancient Rome seem both wonderfully weird and convincingly real' Wall Street Journal
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.
'A rollicking new book... De La Bédoyère's command of these disparate sources is masterful' Sunday Telegraph
'A comprehensive and very well-referenced appraisal of city life' The Times
'Compelling details and an engaging prose style... Populus makes ancient Rome seem both wonderfully weird and convincingly real' Wall Street Journal
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780349145099 |
ISBN-10: | 0349145091 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Bedoyere, Guy De La |
Hersteller: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 196 x 128 x 33 mm |
Von/Mit: | Guy De La Bedoyere |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.07.2025 |
Gewicht: | 0,4 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780349145099 |
ISBN-10: | 0349145091 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Bedoyere, Guy De La |
Hersteller: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 196 x 128 x 33 mm |
Von/Mit: | Guy De La Bedoyere |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.07.2025 |
Gewicht: | 0,4 kg |