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LIFE AND LEISURE IN ANCIENT ROME
by Balsdon, J. P. V. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0370004442
- ISBN 13
- 9780370004440
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bodley Head. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0370004442 . Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). DJ has a few tears and chipping ; Reprint of the 1974 corrected reprint. 463pp, illustrated. How did average Romans live out each year, conduct their family life, rear and educate their children? What about slaves in the household? How did people enjoy themselves--did they travel or go to the theater? And, how were those famed gladiators trained? From a wide variety of sources--writers, inscriptions, papyri, mosaics, stones, even graffiti--the answers to these question come into sharp relief. "By far the best single volume on the subject." --The Guardian. ; 463 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37477
- Title
- LIFE AND LEISURE IN ANCIENT ROME
- Author
- Balsdon, J. P. V. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0370004442
- ISBN 13
- 9780370004440
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- 0370004442, ROME, HISTORY, Social & Cultural, Roman History
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- Chipping
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