SPQR: A Roman Miscellany - Softcover

Everitt, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781859418 ISBN 13: 9781781859414

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

It functions as a primer for the Roman Empire, leaving its reader wanting to know more --East Anglican Daily

About the Author:

Anthony Everitt is a visiting professor at Nottingham Trent University. He is the author of CICERO, AUGUSTUS, and HADRIAN AND THE TRIUMPH OF ROME.

About this edition

• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1781859418
• ISBN 13: 9781781859414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352