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The roar of frenzied spectators inside the Coliseum during a

battle between gladiators. A crowd of onlookers gathered around a

slave driver. The wondrous plenty of banquets where flamingos are

roasted whole and wine flows like rivers. The silence of the baths

and the boisterous taverns . . . Many books have dealt with the

history of ancient Rome, but none has been able to bring its

readers so near to daily life in the Imperial capital.

This extraordinary voyage of exploration, guided by Alberto Angela

with the charm of a born story- teller, lasts twenty- four hours,

beginning at dawn on an ordinary day in the year 115 A.D., with

Imperial Rome at the height of its power. The reader wakes in a

rich patrician home and discovers frescoes, opulent furnishings and

richly appointed boudoirs. Strolling though the splendors of the

Roman Forum, one overhears both erudite opinions from learned

orators and local ribaldry floating out from the public latrines.

One meets the intense gazes of Roman matriarchs strolling the

streets, looks on as a banquet is prepared, and is afforded a peek

into the sexual habits and fetishes of Roman patricians and plebs.

For all those who have ever dreamed of traveling back in time,

Alberto Angela's narrative style will come as a welcome change to

dry historical tomes. Rich in atmosphere and historical

information, A Day in Ancient Rome is a voyage into a world

both distant to us in time and surprisingly near in its habits,

mores, and passions.

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Alberto Angela writes for two of Italy's most

important science programs, Superquark and Quark Speciale. He is

the author of Life-sized Museums(1988) and, with his father

Piero Angela, The Extraordinary Story of a Growing Life

(1996), Sharks (1997), andVoyage in the

Cosmos(1998).

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"Alberto Angela makes an important but often complicated subject

fascinating and accessible. The reader is catapulted into a day in

the Imperial capital and uncovers affinities, secrets, curiosities,

and anecdotes about the inhabitants of ancient Rome . . . Angela

transforms his book into a kind of three-dimensional set in which

the reader strolls, visiting homes, markets, open air school,

baths, and even public latrines."

-Il Giornale

"One discovers a wealth of details about the curious habits of

ancient Romans, from their recipes to their tastes in interior

design, from life in the Insulae, the giant Roman housing projects,

to the shocking slave markets."

-Il Corriere della Sera

书籍介绍

The roar of frenzied spectators inside the Coliseum during a battle between gladiators. A crowd of onlookers gathered around a slave driver. The wondrous plenty of banquets where flamingos are roasted whole and wine flows like rivers. The silence of the baths and the boisterous taverns . . . Many books have dealt with the history of ancient Rome, but none has been able to bring its readers so near to daily life in the Imperial capital.

This extraordinary voyage of exploration, guided by Alberto Angela with the charm of a born story- teller, lasts twenty- four hours, beginning at dawn on an ordinary day in the year 115 A.D., with Imperial Rome at the height of its power. The reader wakes in a rich patrician home and discovers frescoes, opulent furnishings and richly appointed boudoirs. Strolling though the splendors of the Roman Forum, one overhears both erudite opinions from learned orators and local ribaldry floating out from the public latrines. One meets the intense gazes of Roman matriarchs strolling the streets, looks on as a banquet is prepared, and is afforded a peek into the sexual habits and fetishes of Roman patricians and plebs. For all those who have ever dreamed of traveling back in time, Alberto Angela's narrative style will come as a welcome change to dry historical tomes. Rich in atmosphere and historical information, A Day in Ancient Rome is a voyage into a world both distant to us in time and surprisingly near in its habits, mores, and passions.