Life in Roman London
Simon Webb · 2012
על הספר
"Seven years after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, Londinium was created. It would rise to become one of the most important Roman cities in [northern] Europe. [This book] approaches the history of Roman London in an entirely new way. Rather than focusing upon a handful of important figures such as procurators and statesmen, this book explores the lives and concerns of the ordinary citizens. Unlike many books about Roman history which are preoccupied with the basilicas, palaces, grand houses, statues and mosaics, [this book] looks instead at the shops, houses and streets in which the majority of the fifty thousand or so inhabitants of the city spent their lives. In doing so, it reveals a city very different from the clean, white, classical metropolis familiar from the books of our childhood. ..."--Back cover.
פרטי הספר
- שנה
- 2012
- שפה
- English
- הוצאה
- History Press
- מהדורות
- 1
- עמודים
- 160
- ISBN
- 9780752465364
מקור הנתונים: Wikidata
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