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Running The Roman Home
Paperback Edition: 1
Books on the everyday life of the Romans usually describe getting dressed, going to the baths or to the amphitheatre, and attending evening dinner parties (often called 'banquets'), but rarely seem to discuss the more typical activities that make up most people's experience of daily
life, such as doing the washing up and taking out the rubbish! Running the Roman Home explores the real 'every-day' life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. It is divided into sections on how the Romans collected water and fuel, milled flour, produced thread, cleaned the house, illuminated it, did the washing up, cleaned their clothes, got rid of waste water and sewage, and threw out their rubbish. Using evidence from literary, archaeological and artistic sources, the author explores the workings of the Roman household and makes comparisons with historical and modern parallels from communities using the same methods.
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Pages : 160
Publisher : History Press
Publication date : 2012-01-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Anthropology/archaeology, History, Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology