J.C. McKeown: A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire
Скачать книгу (размер 1 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 260) Аннотация: The ancient Romans have left us far more information about themselves than has any other Western society until much more recent times. But what we know about them is sometimes bizarre, and hardly fits the conventional view of the Romans as a pragmatic people with a ruthlessly efficient army and a very logical and well ordered language. A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities is a serendipitous collection…