Running the Roman Home
Book description
Running of the Roman Home explores the real 'every-day' life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. It considers the three elements of housework - supply, maintenance and disposal.
It is divided into sections on how the Romans collected water and fuel, milled flour and…
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1 author picked Running the Roman Home as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book has all the details of how to keep a Roman household going, from buying and cooking dinner to making lye for laundry to throwing out the trash. It describes in wonderful detail exactly how and with what they did it, including heating, lighting, bathing, and a fascinating section on the unlovely yet vital subject of sewage.
From Amanda's list on life in the Roman Empire.
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