The Roman Empire / Edition 1

by Paul Veyne, Arthur Goldhammer

Overview

This compact book—which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life—is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times. It is an interpretation setting forth in detail the universal civilization of the Romans—so much of it Hellenic—that later gave way to Christianity. The civilization, culture, literature, art, and even religion of Rome are discussed in this masterly work by a leading scholar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674777712
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1997
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Paul Veyne is Professor at the Collège de France.

Table of Contents

Introduction

From Mother's Womb to Last Will and Testament

Marriage

Slavery

The Household and Its Freed Slaves

Where Public Life Was Private

"Work" and Leisure

Patrimony

Public Opinion and Utopia

Pleasures and Excesses

Tranquilizers

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Editorial Reviews

The new emphasis on the history of everybody has now been consecrated in [this] ambitious five-volume series… Copious illustrative materials—paintings, drawings, caricatures, and photographs, all cannily chosen and wittily captioned to display domestic life… Magnificent.

Roger Shattuck (reviewing A History of Private Life)

This series has deservedly attracted huge praise from historians of all hues for its scholarly imagination and beautiful presentation.

Financial Times - Andrew Freedman (reviewing A History of Private Life)

From reviews of A History of Private Life:
The new emphasis on the history of everybody has now been consecrated in [this] ambitious five-volume series...Copious illustrative materials—paintings, drawings, caricatures, and photographs, all cannily chosen and wittily captioned to display domestic life...Magnificent.

New York Times Book Review - Roger Shattuck

From reviews of A History of Private Life:
This series has deservedly attracted huge praise from historians of all hues for its scholarly imagination and beautiful presentation.

Financial Times - Andrew Freedman

From reviews of A History of Private Life:

This series has deservedly attracted huge praise from historians of all hues for its scholarly imagination and beautiful presentation.
— Andrew Freedman

Financial Times

From reviews of A History of Private Life:

The new emphasis on the history of everybody has now been consecrated in [this] ambitious five-volume series...Copious illustrative materials--paintings, drawings, caricatures, and photographs, all cannily chosen and wittily captioned to display domestic life...Magnificent.
— Roger Shattuck

New York Times Book Review