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Private and public life of the Romans

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Private and public life of the Romans
19.99 €

This book by the talented 19th-century French historian Paul Guiraud is a unique collection of strictly thematically selected excerpts from the works of contemporary historians and ancient writers. Guiraud sought to illuminate virtually every aspect of Roman life. He presented them at the forum and at home, on the battlefield and at friendly feasts. The reader will learn how the people of that distant era ate, what clothes they wore, how they worked and spent their leisure time. The religious, political, and military aspects of Ancient Rome are presented concisely, yet sufficiently for a first acquaintance. For his book, Guiraud selected the most striking passages from the works of remarkable ancient historians: Titus Livy, Polybius, Cornelius Tacitus, Dio Cassius, Herodian, and Ammianus Marcellinus. In him, we hear the living voices of political figures and orators—Cato the Elder and both Plinys, Cicero and Julius Caesar, Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, Constantine the Great and Julian the Apostate. The flavor of the era is emphasized by excerpts from classical literature—the works of Aulus Gellius and Petronius, Ausonius and Plautus, Horace and Virgil.

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