{"product_id":"2026200014527-secondhand-daily-life-in-ancient-rome","title":"Daily Life In Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Roman Empire, beneath the marble grandeur of its temples and the thunder of its legions, ordinary Romans woke, worked, loved, argued, and died in ways that feel startlingly familiar — and shockingly alien. Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Jérôme Carcopino presents a meticulous and vivid reconstruction of Roman society at its imperial zenith, chronicling everything from the chaotic tenement blocks (insulae) that housed the urban poor, to the elaborate dinner parties of the wealthy elite, the noise-polluted streets, the public baths, the schooling of children, and the rituals of marriage and religion that bound Roman civilization together.\n\nCarcopino, one of the foremost classical historians of the twentieth century, draws on an extraordinary range of primary sources — legal texts, satire, poetry, and archaeology — to argue that the Roman world was not a distant abstraction but a living, breathing society of remarkable complexity. His prose is authoritative yet accessible, transforming scholarly detail into richly textured narrative that illuminates the full spectrum of Roman experience. A landmark work of historical scholarship first published in French as La Vie Quotidienne à Rome, this edition remains an essential and captivating portrait of a civilization whose shadow still falls across our own — leaving the reader to wonder just how much has truly changed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216194543835,"sku":"2026200014527-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7283cfed-e6e1-4ba6-a2f1-65323d36ed0f.png?v=1788405028","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014527-secondhand-daily-life-in-ancient-rome","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}