SPQR: A Roman Miscellany

by Anthony Everitt

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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.

  • ISBN10 1781859418
  • ISBN13 9781781859414
  • Publish Date 12 March 2015 (first published 11 September 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 4 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Head of Zeus
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 352
  • Language English