Publication

2011 - History Press Limited, The

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCTX16
  • LCCTX16 .C76 2011

Description

"The Running of the Roman Household explores the real 'every-day' life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. It considers the three elements of housework - supply, maintenance and disposal. It is divided into sections on how the Romans collected water and fuel, milled flour and produced thread; how they cleaned the house, illuminated it, did the washing up, cleaned their clothes, got rid of waste water and sewage, and threw out their rubbish. The evidence is taken from literary, archaeological and artistic sources, and often compared to historical or modern parallels from communities using the same methods."--Wheelers.co.nz.

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