Ancient Rome - Five denarii a day

Philip Matyszak's entertaining guidebook provides all the useful information you need for a time travel to ancient Rome. Let's get ready for adventures: the AD We travel to around 200 years ago! All we need is our imagination and a toothbrush. The author gives advice on how to organize a sea trip to Italy, which route to take to Rome, and what to see on the city's famous seven hills. We can find out what to bring to a classy feast (a dressing gown, your own napkin and slippers), where the best markets, public baths… well, and brothels are located. During our walks, we can get to know all the sights of the city center, from the imperial palaces towering on the Palatine Hill through the bustling whirlwind of the Roman Forum to the splendor of the Pantheon. The largest and most populous city of the ancient world has many interesting attractions, including exciting chariot races in the Circus Maximus and bloody gladiator fights in the Colosseum. We recommend this witty and readable guidebook to lovers of history and travel, as well as to all those who have ever wondered what it would be like to visit the largest city of the ancient world. Among the nearly fifty illustrations in the volume, there are 11 color representations. "Sometimes I feel a little uncomfortable in the 21st century," Philip Matyszak writes about himself. And this confession may be true, since the young historian moves so at home in the cultures of the ancient world, as if he himself had already put on a toga and haggled in the market of ancient Rome. The young historian, who earned a doctorate in Roman history at St. John's College in Oxford, became world famous through his popular history books: with his ancient travel guides, he takes adventurous readers to the everyday life of the Roman Empire, sometimes to ancient Hellas. In addition to writing books, "Maty" works as a journalist and university lecturer: he taught in Milan and currently leads courses at the University of Cambridge.