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050 4 $aPA2347$b.F73 2007
100 1 $aFrancese, Christopher.
245 10 $aAncient Rome in so many words /$cChristopher Francese.
260 $aNew York :$bHippocrene Books$cc2007.
300 $a248 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239) and indexes.
505 1 $aChildhood -- Family -- Education -- Status and class -- Public places -- Life in the country -- Money and business -- Jobs and professions -- The social contract -- Government and politics -- Army and empire -- Technology -- Debauchery -- Slavery -- Crime and punishment -- Religion and magic -- Madness -- Insults -- Virtues -- Final moments.
520 1 $a"Avoiding traditional caricatures of the Romans as uniquely noble or depraved, this book uses the Latin vocabulary to figure out what mattered to the Romans themselves and how they thought about it. Interweaving quotations, anecdotes, and analysis in a lighthearted and readable way, Christopher Francese holds the mirror of language up to the obsessions and blind spots of the Romans, and by extension to some of our own as well."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLatin language$xEtymology.
650 0 $aLatin language$zRome$xHistory.
650 0 $aLatin language$xSemantics, Historical.
650 0 $aLatin language$vGlossaries, vocabularies, etc.
650 0 $aLatin language$vTerms and phrases.
650 0 $aLatin language$xSemantics.
650 0 $aLatin language$xSocial aspects$zRome.
650 0 $aLanguage and culture$zRome.
651 1 $aRome$xHistory$vTerminology.
988 $a20070922
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