Do you want to know the history of ancient Rome, but you are bored with long historical dissertations? Do you love real-life stories? So this offer is perfect for you. In her book, Vicky Leon talks about real life in an ancient metropolis: she tells the stories of ordinary people and, above all, paints in front of the reader a surprising mosaic of professions, professions and professions.
It does this in a way that is extremely accessible to readers. He embellishes with humor and unrefined anecdotes. It refers to mass culture. Therefore, this book will certainly interest both the admirer of antiquity and someone who is not familiar with this subject on a daily basis. Some of the professions that the author describes are still known today: surgeon, fortune teller, prostitute, street worker of the state post office or snack seller. But in this host of professions, there were descriptions of professions already extinct, characteristic of the era: gladiators and gladiators offering their services as “gorillas”, professional shouters or heralds, oil wholesalers, armpit hair pluckers, masseurs, poetry declamators, and finally paid mercenaries for tasks specials or pickpockets. There is even an intriguing profession – orgy planner – sounding in its name.
The author describes the real world of ancient Rome with great knowledge and in an accessible way, finds curiosities and humorously presents them to the readers. There are also anecdotes from the lives of great leaders and emperors!
Thanks to Vicky Leon, recreating what Rome used to do becomes a fascinating journey into the past. The history of ancient Rome is not only stories about great leaders, dynasties, orators or famous wars. It is above all a colorful story about the commoner who created this empire. So if you want to know all the secrets of the city that never sleeps, take a trip in this time machine. I would highly recommend it!
