Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, including information that is often hard to find and ever

harder to decipher. The myriad topics include rules, the legal and governmental system, architectural feats, the Roman system of names, even typical Roman leisure pursuits. Each chapter includes an

extensive bibliography as well as site-specific photographs and line drawings, more than 125 in all. Maps chart the expansion and contradiction of the city of Rome itself to the Byzantine Empire and

the ultimate decline of the West.