The Romans

by Paul Veyne, Aldo Schiavone, Andrea Giardina, et al.

Book Overview

In this book, third in a series which includes Jacques Le Goff's Medieval Characters and Eugenio Garin's Renaissance Portraits, leading scholars search for the character of the ancient Romans through portraits of Rome's most typical personages. Essays on the politician, the soldier, the priest, the farmer, the slave, the merchant, and others together create a fresco of Roman society as it spanned 1300 years.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226290506
• ISBN13: 9780226290508
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"