Spqr: A Roman Miscellany
Autor: | Everitt, Anthony |
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EAN: | 9781781859414 |
Sachgruppe: | Geschichte |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 352 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.11.2015 |
Schlagworte: | History - General History |
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SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus. A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world. Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd? The answers to these questions can be found in SPQR, a compendium of extraordinary facts and anecdotes about ancient Rome and its Empire. Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life and society, from the Empress Livia's cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception.