Everyday life in ancient Rome
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- 2 ore di lettura
The city of Rome grew to become the centre of a vast and powerful empire. The Roman way of life spread widely over Britain, Europe and parts of Africa and its legacy survived for centuries. This colourful book describes how men, women and children in ancient Rome lives and worked, what they ate and where they shopped, and what they did for leisure and entertainment. It shows how some of their famous engineering works were achieved and how typical Roman buildings functioned. public bath; look inside the structure of the great Colosseum, where gladiators and wild animals fought for the entertainment of the Roman crowds; visit the house of a wealthy Roman family; and, by contrast, see inside one of the crowded city apartment blocks where poorer Roman people lived.
