When in Rome: 2000 Years of Roman Sightseeing

by Matthew Sturgis

'In the middle of the second century BC Rome was under threat. The danger, however, was not military. It was the one-legged sideboard that, apparently, posed the gravest danger to Rome's power - at least according to the historian Livy. There were other worrying signs: bed curtain, bronze couches and a fad for female lute players at private banquets. To the stern fathers of the Roman Republic these corrupting manifestations of 'Eastern luxury' were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711227829
• ISBN13: 9780711227828
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.4"