SPQR: A Roman Miscellany

SPQR: A Roman Miscellany
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9781781855683
ISBN-13 : 1781855684
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Book Synopsis SPQR: A Roman Miscellany by : Anthony Everitt

Download or read book SPQR: A Roman Miscellany written by Anthony Everitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus. A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world. Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd? The answers to these questions can be found in SPQR, a compendium of extraordinary facts and anecdotes about ancient Rome and its Empire. Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life and society, from the Empress Livia's cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception.


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