Daily Life In Ancient Rome - The People And The City At The Height Of The Empire - Hardcover

Carcopino, Jerome

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443729825 ISBN 13: 9781443729826

Publisher: Read Books, 2008

Synopsis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Review

"Carcopino's pledge to his readers was to open up to them some traces of the world that lay underneath the grandeur that remains the public face of ancient Rome.... No one has ever done it better."

About the Author

Jerome Carcopino was born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France, in 1881. He was a lecturer at the University of Algiers in Algeria before his career was interrupted by World War I. Lecturing at the Sorbonne in Paris from 1920 to 1937, he later became the Director of the French School in Rome. From 1941 to 1942, he was the Minister of National Education and Youth in Vichy France. He died in 1970.

Edition details

• Publisher: Read Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1443729825
• ISBN 13: 9781443729826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380