Popular Culture in Ancient RomeISBN: 978-0-7456-4309-0
Hardcover
248 pages
August 2009, Polity
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- A vivid account of the everyday life of the non-elite masses in the Roman world
- Includes consideration of social and family life, health, leisure and religious beliefs, and resistance through popular culture to the ruling elite
- The first book to take fully into account mental health in the ancient world
- Also gives particular attention to sensory dimensions, illustrating how attitudes to smell, touch, and noise all varied with social status