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This book, written by world-famous archaeologist Jerome Carcopino, brings to life the time of imperial Rome during the second century A.D. This was a period marked by the rule of Trajan, Hadrian, and Antonines, material prosperity, and the advance of Christianity. Using the archaeological evidence, Carcopino recreates the daily routine of city life, supported by descriptions of Rome by Petronius, Juvenal, Martial, Statius, and Pliny the Younger. 'For the reader who wants to see the streets of ancient Rome come to life before his very eyes, to know how the people lived, what and how they ate and how they earned the money to pay for it, how they amused themselves, and what their social customs were, what their schools were like, what they thought about their gods and how they worshiped them - and every other imaginable thing that the title covers - this is the book. . .It sparkles with life, but also gives a thorough account of Roman social, religious, and intellectual life,' Christian Century.
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