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Published on: 2010-06-01
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Original language: English
Here is a whimsical and captivating collection of odd facts, strange beliefs, outlandish opinions, and other highly amusing trivia of the ancient Romans. We tend to think of the Romans as a pragmatic people with a ruthlessly efficient army, an exemplary legal system, and a precise and elegant language. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities shows that the Romans were equally capable of bizarre superstitions, logic-defying customs, and often hilariously derisive views of their fellow Romans and non-Romans. Classicist J. C. McKeown has organized the entries in this entertaining volume around major themes--The Army, Women, Religion and Superstition, Family Life, Medicine, Slaves, Spectacles--allowing for quick browsing or more deliberate consumption. Among the book's many gems are: · Romans on urban living: The satirist Juvenal lists "fires, falling buildings, and poets reciting in August as hazards to life in Rome." · On enhanced interrogation: "If we are obliged to take evidence from an arena-fighter or some other such person, his testimony is not to be believed unless given under torture." (Justinian) · On dreams: Dreaming of eating books "foretells advantage to teachers, lecturers, and anyone who earns his livelihood from books, but for everyone else it means sudden death" · On food: "When people unwittingly eat human flesh, served by unscrupulous restaurant owners and other such people, the similarity to pork is often noted." (Galen)· On marriage: In ancient Rome a marriage could be arranged even when the parties were absent, so long as they knew of the arrangement, "or agreed to it subsequently." · On health care: Pliny caustically described medical bills as a "down payment on death," and Martial quipped that "Diaulus used to be a doctor, now he's a mortician. He does as a mortician what he did as a doctor." For anyone seeking an inglorious glimpse at the underside of the greatest empire in history, A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities offers endless delights. A cabinet of Roman curiosities : strange tales and ... A cabinet of Roman curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's greatest empire. ... of Roman curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts ... A Cabinet Of Roman Curiosities : Strange Tales And ... ... Strange Tales And Surprising Facts ... A Cabinet Of Roman Curiosities : Strange Tales ... Strange Tales And Surprising Facts From The World's Greatest Empire. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... ... Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire." A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities has 165 ... Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World ... Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... The Hardcover of the A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire by ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities ... 2010 A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... A cabinet of Roman curiosities : strange tales and surprising facts from the world's greatest empire. ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities shows that the Romans were ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire ... A+Cabinet+of+Roman+Curiosities%3A+Strange+Tales+and ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities - J. C. McKeown - Oxford ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire ... A Cabinet of Greek Curiosities. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising ... A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire ... A Cabinet Of Roman Curiosities : Strange Tales And ... - Kobo ... Strange Tales And Surprising Facts ... Strange Tales And Surprising Facts From The World's Greatest Empire. ... A Cabinet Of Roman Curiosities : Strange Tales ...
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