{"product_id":"9781408715598","title":"Populus","description":"Author: Guy de la Bedoyere\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781408715598\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bedoyere takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. \u003ci\u003ePopulus\u003c\/i\u003e places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395849900190,"sku":"ADS-9781408715598","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781408715598.jpg?v=1768267071","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781408715598","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}