A cabinet of Roman curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's greatest empire / J.C. McKeown.

Author
McKeown, J. C. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description
xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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Subject(s)
Library of Congress genre(s)
Contents
  • Family life
  • Women
  • Names
  • Education
  • The army
  • Romans at sea
  • The law
  • Farming
  • Medicine
  • Religion and superstition
  • The life of the mind
  • Foreigners
  • Slaves
  • Animals
  • Spectacles
  • Food and drink
  • Decadence
  • Buildings
  • Pompeii and Herculaneum
  • Toilets
  • Not for the puritanical
  • Tempus fugit
  • Kings, consuls, and emperors.
ISBN
  • 9780195393750
  • 0195393759
LCCN
2009043574
OCLC
457160508
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