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Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire by Jérôme Carcopino, Mary Beard (Introduction), Henry T. Rowell, E. O. Lorimer, JR"Me Carcopino Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-300-10186-4 / 0300101864 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-10186-7 / 9780300101867 This classic book brings to life imperial Rome as it was during the second century A.D., the time of Trajan and Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. It was a period marked by lavish displays of wealth, a dazzling cultural mix, and the advent of Christianity. The splendor and squalor of the city, |