Spqr A Roman Miscellany

Download or read book SPQR: A Roman Miscellany written by Anthony Everitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.