Walking served as an occasion for the display of power and status in ancient Rome, where great men paraded with their entourages through city streets and elite

The elegists, ancient Rome's most introspective poets, filled their works with vivid, first-person accounts of dreams. Emma Scioli examines these varied and vis

What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the u

This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.