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The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE
Author: Emanuel Mayer
Year: May 14, 2014
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 40 MB
Language: English
Year: May 14, 2014
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 40 MB
Language: English
Our image of the Roman world is shaped by the writings of upper-class intellectuals. Yet most of the material evidence we have - art, architecture, household artifacts - belonged to artisans, merchants, and professionals. Roman culture as we have seen it with our own eyes is distinctly middle-class and requires a radically new framework of analysis.