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A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire

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Availability:In StockContributor:J. C. McKeownPublish date:2010-06-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195393750ISBN-10:195393759UPC:9780195393750Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:RomeSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC4BVK794J

A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire

Here is a whimsical and captivating collection of odd facts, strange beliefs, outlandish opinions, and other highly amusing trivia of the ancient Romans. We tend to think of the Romans as a pragmatic people with a ruthlessly efficient army, an exemplary legal system, and a precise and elegant language. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities shows that the Romans were equally capable of bizarre...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195393750ISBN-10:195393759UPC:9780195393750Book Category:History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:RomeSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC4BVK794J
J. C. McKeown is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the author of Ovid's Amores.
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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