Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome ISBN=9781842125939

　　How did average Romans live out each year, conduct their family life, rear and educate their children? What about slaves in the household? How did people enjoy themselves--did they travel or go to the theater? And, how were those famed gladiators trained? From a wide variety of sources--writers, inscriptions, papyri, mosaics, stones, even graffiti--the answers to these question come into sharp relief. "By far the best single volume on the subject."--The Guardian.

　　Dr J.P.V.D. Balsdon was a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, where he lectured in Ancient History. He was President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, a Member of the Council of the British School at Rome and a Fellow of the British Academy.

List of Illustrations,
Deface,
Introduction,
Ⅰ The Shape of the Day:
　1. Morning,
　2. The Baths,
　3. Dinner,
　4. The Workers' Afternoon,
Ⅱ. The Year
Ⅲ. Family Life
　1. The Birth-rate and the Survival of Children,
　……
Ⅳ. Work and Leisure;
Ⅴ. Retirement,
Ⅵ. Holidays,
Ⅶ. Travel