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  • Populus

  • Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
  • By: Guy de la Bédoyère
  • Narrated by: Mark Meadows
  • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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By: Guy de la Bédoyère
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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Summary

A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world

Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bédoyère takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. Populus places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.
©2023 Guy de la Bédoyère (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK
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  • Categories: History
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'A superb combination of wit, first-rate research and panache. Highly recommended!' TONY ROBINSON

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A bit disappointing

The information in this book is great... And the text is well written... It is,however, presented in an only very loosely structured way. While it was a pleasant background to my life for as long as it lasted, I don't think i will remember much of its contents

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