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SPQR: A Roman Miscellany
Anthony Everitt
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014-09-11
主題History / Ancient / RomeHistory / Ancient / General
ISBN17818556849781781855683
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=w6-fEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus.

A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world.

Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd?

The answers to these questions can be found in SPQR, a compendium of extraordinary facts and anecdotes about ancient Rome and its Empire. Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life and society, from the Empress Livia's cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception.