The Romans: Antiquity's Ultimate Transformative Culture (World History Encyclopedia)

The Romans: Antiquity's Ultimate Transformative Culture examines nine different aspects of daily life for those who lived in what became the vast Roman Empire. The nine chapters all strive to answer a single question: What did it mean to be a Roman? It is a question with a multitude of answers. We will discover what the Romans ate, what they wore, and who married whom. We will see what a Roman town looked like, what the religious practices entailed, how the state was governed, and what was on offer for people to forget their troubles and be royally entertained. We will also see how non-Romans lived within this empire and discover how the Romans saw themselves. Along the way, we will meet the achievements of the Romans, whether it be powerful catapults, concrete domes, enduring roads, evocative portraits, or advances in medicine. Meet Antiquity's Ultimate Transformative Culture Warfare: Discover the secrets to the Roman army's success, the legions, tactics, siege engines, naval warfare, forts, and logistics, and imagine what a triumph must have looked like.