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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781781855690
- Categories BX, BXOS, Hidden_Gem, History, NF HIS, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities
- Author(s) Anthony Everitt
- Publisher Head Of Zeus
- Pages 288
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 14.6cm x 3.8cm x 22.8cm
- Weight 0.471 kg
product description
SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus. A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world. Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd? The answers to these questions can be found in SPQR, a compendium of extraordinary facts and anecdotes about ancient Rome and its Empire. Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life and society, from the Empress Livia's cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception.
