Replete with all the standard guide booky info and advice on safe travel, where to buy, where to eat, best places to stay, what to wear and with latin phras Think I maybe slightly over generous with four stars here, but it's Sunday and the sky is blue. So this is a funny, tongue in cheek, time travellers guide to the eternal city. Published in 2007, Philip Matyszak's book is a travel guide for the pilgrim of around 200ad. However, I did really like this one, though it is only just over 130 pages. Think I maybe slightly over generous with four stars here, but it's Sunday and the sky is blue. The book is an indispensable vademecum for anyone setting out on the study of classical antiquity.more What you get in this book is Rome at its greatest, and its worst: intricate aquaducts funneling water over hundreds of miles, jackbooted Praetorian guards intimidating all in their way (including the emperors), squalid slums in the very heart of the city, bloody sacrifices and bloodier games in the arenas, fantastic public baths, obscene pantomimes, feasts for all, and enough bizarre holidays to keep all lead-poisoned Rome jolly throughout the year.
Matyszak is silly at times, but he’s nearly always informative, and his little book did more to bring ancient Rome to life for me than all of Livy’s decades or Cicero’s long-winded orations. What you get in this book is Rome at its greatest, and its worst: intricate aquaducts funneling water over hundreds of m Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day is the Rough Guide to a rough town, teeming with brigands, cutpurses, rowdies, hooligans, poop, prostitutes, and wacked out emperors. moreĪncient Rome on Five Denarii a Day is the Rough Guide to a rough town, teeming with brigands, cutpurses, rowdies, hooligans, poop, prostitutes, and wacked out emperors.
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And definitely check out the list of useful phrases in the very back of the book - it made me laugh out loud want to learn how to say a quote from Winnie the Pooh in latin? This is your book!. I do like the way it's written though, as an 'ancient roman' travel guide similar to the Fodor's or Frommer's guides today. And definitely check out the list of useful phrases in the very back of the book - it made me laugh out loud want to learn how to say a quote from Winnie the Pooh in latin? This is your This was a fun book, but not especially informative - as a previous reviewer said, the author is attempting to cover hundreds of years of history, which doesn't allow for in-depth coverage.
This was a fun book, but not especially informative - as a previous reviewer said, the author is attempting to cover hundreds of years of history, which doesn't allow for in-depth coverage.
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Clever work from a classicist/archeologist, framed as a travel guide to Late Imperial Rome-indispensable advice for planning your trip years in advance (be nice to Romans traveling to your backwater in order to cage invitations to stay in their townhouses), money exchanging and ship booking via good shipping agents, navigating the elegantly brutal Roman court system (where to hire the best hounding to trial agents in a police-less city), the etiquette of attending gladiatorial games, a handy ca Clever work from a classicist/archeologist, framed as a travel guide to Late Imperial Rome-indispensable advice for planning your trip years in advance (be nice to Romans traveling to your backwater in order to cage invitations to stay in their townhouses), money exchanging and ship booking via good shipping agents, navigating the elegantly brutal Roman court system (where to hire the best hounding to trial agents in a police-less city), the etiquette of attending gladiatorial games, a handy calendar of religious festivals (including the weird ones when you'd best be off the streets) and what to do in the event of urban rioting.more
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