SPQR: A Roman Miscellany
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.
| Author | Anthony Everitt |
| Publisher | Head of Zeus |
| Release Date | 2014-09-11 |
| ISBN | 1781855684 |
| Pages | 288 pages |
| Rating | 4/5 (83 users) |
