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001			ocn924682988
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005			20251028093421.0
008			151009s2016 inua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015035374
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781585107957
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020			_a9781585107957 (pbk.)
020			_a1585107956 (pbk.)
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035			_a(OCoLC)924682988
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050	0	0	_aDG 78 _b.D135 2016
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245	0	0	_aDaily life in ancient Rome : _ba sourcebook / _cedited and translated, with an introduction, by Brian K. Harvey.
264		1	_aIndianapolis : _bFocus, an imprint of Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., _c2016
300			_axii, 346 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aFocus book
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-341) and index.
520			_a"This book is first and foremost about the Romans themselves: who they were, how they defined themselves, where they lived and what they did to live their lives. ... The current volume is a sourcebook, a collection of evidence from the Roman world in the form of primary sources: texts, artifacts, and architecture that were created by the Romans themselves." --preface.
505	0		_aA short history of the Empire -- The monarchy -- The early Republic -- The fall of the Republic -- The Empire -- The late Empire -- The structure of society -- Citizenship -- Defining the aristocracy: birth and wealth -- The poor -- Virtue and vice -- Roman virtue -- Exemplary virtues -- Social versus legal constraints -- Moral decay and its ramifications -- Examples of vice -- The family -- The familia and the paterfamilias -- Marriage -- Divorce, adultery and marital problems -- Women -- The traditional view of Roman women -- Male control of women -- Negative depictions of women -- Empowered women -- Children -- Constraints on population growth -- Birth and infancy -- Childhood -- Education -- Roman pets -- Slaves -- The institution of slavery -- Rural slaves -- Urban slaves -- The treatment of slaves -- Freedmen -- Three cities in Italy -- Rome -- Ostia -- Pompeii -- The urban experience -- Literary scenes of busy streets -- Graffiti from Pompeii -- Housing -- The parts of a Roman aristocratic house -- Apartments -- Country villas -- Neighborhoods, water, sanitation, and the grain supply -- Neighborhoods -- Aqueducts and the water supply -- Sewers and latrines -- The grain supply -- The daily routine -- Descriptions of the day's routine -- Waking up -- The Ornatrix -- The morning salutatio -- Business and occupations -- Workers -- Shops and workshops -- The fuller -- Religion -- The Roman gods -- Cult and worship -- Priests -- Temples -- Sacrifice and ritual -- The growth of Christianity -- The army -- The army of the republic -- The army of the imperial period -- Life in the country -- Glimpses of country life -- The rustic labor force -- The baths -- The bath complex -- The bathing ritual -- Dinner parties -- The Triclinium -- Invitations to aristocratic dinners -- Luxurious dinner parties -- Bars and inns -- Eating and drinking establishments -- Inns -- Public entertainment: the theater and circus -- The theater -- The circus and chariot racing -- Public entertainment: the amphitheater -- The history of amphitheatrical games -- The amphitheater -- Gladiators -- Gladiatorial combat -- Glossary -- Works quoted.
650		7	_aCivilization.
650		7	_aRome (Empire)
650		7	_aAncient Rome
700	1		_aHarvey, Brian K. _eeditor, _etranslator.
830		0	_aFocus book.
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999			_c137230 _d137230