Roman Life in Pliny's Time

Roman Life in Pliny's Time by Pellison, Maurice Chautauqua Press, 1897 unstated edition Hardback in good condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover shows slight signs of wear with rubs to bottom of spine, starting to cock. Everything you wanted to know about life in Italy and the Roman Empire. Pellison covers: Women and marriage, The Roman House, Servants, Transaction of Business, The bar, Society, Amusements, Traveling and Pliny's retirement from active life to work on his natural history. Death came unexpectedly when he rushed to see what was happening in Pompeii and he was felled where he stood by the volcanic gases. B&W photos and illustrations, index, 315 pages.