Table of Contents

World of RomeForeword
Part I. The Roman Empire
1. Historical Sketch

Part II. State and Society
2. The Rulers and the Empire
3. Citizens of Rome
4. Subjects and Slaves

Part III. Beliefs
5. Fate and the Stars
6. Religion
7. Philosophy

Part IV. Literature and the Arts
8. The Great Latin Writers
9. Sculpture and Painting
10. Architechture

Epilogue
Genealogical Table
Maps
Notes
Notes for Further Reading
Index

About the Author

Michael Grant was a historian whose over forty publications on ancient Rome and Greece popularised the classical and early Christian world. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, served in intelligence and as a diplomat during the Second World War, and afterwards became deputy director of the British Council's European division, when he also published his first book. He later returned to academia, teaching at Cambridge and Edinburgh, and serving as Vice Chancellor at the University of Khartoum and at Queen's University, Belfast. He died in 2004.

Reviews

“Scholarly and exciting . . . After reading this illuminating account of the prevalent conditions, beliefs and superstitions, we feel that we know how the ordinary people really lived and felt.”—New York Times Book Review

“[Grant is] justly recognized as an expert and civilized guide to the ancient world.”—The Economist