A combination of travel guide and popular history that takes the reader on a journey to the Rome of the Caesars
Welcome to the greatest city in the world. The majestic, monumental, sometimes decadent imperial city of Rome!
Travel through time to AD 200, and walk Rome’s streets with Thracian boys, Egyptian merchants and German mercenaries. Learn where to buy exotic spices and even more exotic slave girls. Find the best places to stay, what not to eat, and where to sit in the Colosseum.
This imaginative guide to the ancient city has used the writings of those who actually lived there and the latest archaeological evidence to reconstruct Rome at its pinnacle of greatness.
'An excellent introduction to Roman life'
Times Literary Supplement
'The ultimate in-joke book for classicist travellers'
Sunday Times
'Brings the ancient city back to life'
Mail on Sunday
'Altogether rather a magical book'
Minerva
'A skilful combination of light-hearted fun and impressive research, you’ll find yourself entertained and educated at the same time'
Family Tree
'Great to dip in and out'
Of Beauty and Nothingness
'Ingenious … good fun!'
This England
Format: Paperback
Size: 19.8 x 13.0 cm
Extent: 144 pp
Illustrations: 43
Publication date: 22 March 2018
ISBN: 9780500293768