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Philip Matyszak

24 Hours in Ancient Rome

A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 04/04/2019

ISBN: 9781789291278

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Science - History - Philosophy

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 272 pages

Illustration: approx. 30 b/w photos throughout

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals ... What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?

In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to 24 characters who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character – from a senator to a slave girl, a gladiator to an astrologer, watchmen to washerwomen – and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.

Sales points:

  • With stories based on real characters and actual events, see ancient Rome through the eyes of the people who lived there and get to know what their lives were really like

  • Philip Matyszak is a bestselling author of ancient history: The Greek and Roman Myths (23,000 Nielsen TCM), and Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day (8,000 Nielsen TCM); his books have been translated into 15 languages

  • Entertaining and accessible popular history that gives readers the fascinating nitty-gritty details that weighty histories often miss out

  • In the same series as 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt and 24 Hours in Ancient Athens, which have sold in over 10 languages

About the Author:

Philip Matyszak

Dr Philip Matyszak has a doctorate in Roman history from St John’s College, Oxford, and is the author of a number of acclaimed books on the ancient world, including 24 Hours in Ancient Athens and 24 Hours in Ancient Rome, published by Michael O’Mara Books, which have been translated into over fifteen languages. He currently works as a tutor for Madingley Hall Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge, teaching a course on Ancient Rome. He lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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