As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History

As the Romans Did offers a rich, revealing look at everyday Roman life. It provides clear, lively translations of a fascinating array of documents drawn from Latin and Greek source material--from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English. Extensive annotations, abundant biographical notes, maps, appendices, cross-references to related topics, and a newly updated bibliography provide readers with the historical and cultural background material necessary to appreciate the selections. Arranged thematically into chapters on family life, housing, education, entertainment, religion, and other important topics, the translations reveal the ambitions and aspirations not only of the upper class, but of the average Roman citizen as well. They tell of the success and failure of Rome's grandiose imperialist policies and also of the pleasures and hardships of everyday life. Wide-ranging and lively, the third edition of As the Romans Did offers the most lucid account available of Roman life in all its diversity.

Author: Jo-Ann Shelton, Pauline Ripat
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/30/2022
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.18w x 1.17d
ISBN13: 9780190072131
ISBN10: 019007213X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Rome
- History | Social History
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author

Jo-Ann Shelton is Professor of Classics (Emerita), University of California, Santa Barbara

Pauline Ripat is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Winnipeg (Canada)