ROMANS: A PEOPLES HISTORY (HB)

Drawing on inscriptions, literature, household objects, mosaics and myth, this book reveals how the lives of ordinary Romans shaped the culture that still surrounds us: from food and labour to beliefs, entertainment, violence and political resistance. Without shying away from subjects such as misogyny, slavery, racism and the enjoyment of brutal spectacle, Paul Chrystal offers a rich, human-centred account of Roman civilization seen from the ground up, suggesting that what ordinary Romans endured and achieved still echoes in how we live, argue and govern today.