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1. 1. A Day In The Life Of Ancient Rome

   Daily Life, Secrets and Curiosities

   

   A vivid, hour-by-hour tour of Rome around AD 115, following citizens from dawn to night through streets, markets, homes, baths, and arenas. Blending archaeology, literature, and anecdote, it reconstructs the sights, sounds, and routines of emperors, senators, merchants, artisans, women, and slaves, revealing customs of food, work, leisure, religion, hygiene, and entertainment. The result is an accessible, sensory portrait of a bustling metropolis at its imperial height.

2. 2. Pompeji

   

   A richly researched, vividly narrated reconstruction of life in a bustling Roman town on the eve of catastrophe, drawing on archaeology, frescoes, inscriptions and artifacts to revive the daily rhythms of its streets, shops, baths, homes and public spaces; the book traces the social fabric—from slaves and shopkeepers to elites and entertainers—while explaining the science and sequence of the 79 AD eruption that buried the city, the human stories of loss and survival, and how modern excavations have gradually revealed Pompeii’s vanished world.

3. 3. Cleopatra

   

   A richly detailed popular biography that reconstructs the life and times of Cleopatra VII by weaving ancient sources and recent archaeological discoveries into a vivid portrait of a shrewd politician, polyglot ruler and cultural innovator who sought to preserve Ptolemaic Egypt through alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; the narrative situates her personal choices within the grandeur of Alexandria and Egyptian society, examines the military and diplomatic struggles with Rome, and untangles the layers of propaganda and myth that transformed her image after the fall of her dynasty, reassessing long-held assumptions about her motives, appearance and legacy.