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A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities

Hardcover • 2010 • English

A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities

By J. C. McKeown

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About the book

The ancient Romans have left us far more information about themselves than has any other Western society until much more recent times. But what we know about them is sometimes bizarre, and hardly fits the conventional view of the Romans as a pragmatic people with a ruthlessly efficient army and a very logical and well ordered language. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities is a serendipitous collection of odd facts and opinions, carefully gleaned from the wide body of evidence left to us by the Romans ...Show more

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9780195393750

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities

Format

Hardcover

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