The Culture of the Roman Plebs

Download or read book The Culture of the Roman Plebs written by Nicholas Horsfall and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 2003-06-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first attempt to reconstruct the life of the average Roman; looking at his culture, the songs he sang, the dances and music he preferred, the shows he saw, the games he played, the scraps of knowledge he accumulated, the Greek he learned from the Syrians across the landing, and the odds and ends of the history of Rome he had gathered up from statues, processions, and plays. All Latin is translated and all due care is taken of the non-specialist's requirements.