"This book presents a series of concise sketches of key phases of
life in the Roman world during its greatest period, the peaceful
and prosperous years of the first and second centuries A.D.: what
life was like in the city, in the countryside, on the road; what it
was like in the various levels of society... The sketches are
fashioned to reveal how the inevitable cycle from birth to death
that we all share played out in the circumstances of this very
special age." -- from the preface
In Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively
introduction to the society of the times. Instead of following the
standard procedure of social history, he presents a series of
vignettes focusing on the "ways of life" of various members of that
society, from the slave to the emperor. The book opens with a
description of the historical context and includes examination of
topics such as the family, religion, urban and rural life, and
leisure activities. This revised edition of Casson's engaging work,
originally published in 1975 as Daily Life in Ancient Rome,
includes two new chapters as well as full documentation of the
sources.
"I was reading one of Casson's books [Everyday Life in Ancient
Rome] while waiting for [my daughter]... She was late, which would
ordinarily have thrown me into a fever of apprehension, but on this
occasion I was so wrapped up in the book, I didn't notice. In fact,
when she did come back, quite late, I was annoyed because she had
interrupted me before I had finished the book. I told Casson this,
and he was infinitely pleased." -- Isaac Asimov, from I. Asimov: A
Memoir
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