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England, Victoria.
Top 10 worst things about Ancient Rome you wouldn't want to know /
written by Victoria England ; illustrated by David Antram.
Top ten worst things about Ancient Rome.
First edition.
New York :
Gareth Stevens,
2012.
32 pages :
color illustrations ;
28 cm.
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Top 10 worst
Includes index.
Where in the world? -- The Roman Empire -- Life in Ancient Rome -- No. 10 : home comforts -- No. 9 : Gods, religion and superstition -- No. 8 : feasts and riots -- No. 7 : sickness and health -- No. 6 : life in the army -- No. 5 : Roman rulers -- No. 4 : crime and punishment -- No. 3 : gladiator fights! -- No. 2 : life and death in Pompeii -- No. 1 : slave labour.
The grossest, weirdest, and most violent things about life in ancient Rome are chronicled in this volume. There were things about Roman life that no modern person would want to experience. Communal toilets and gladiator deaths rank among these. Readers learn about the brutal and crazed emperors of Rome as well as the infamous volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii. Vibrant cartoon illustrations put these historical facts in an accessible, humorous, and humanizing light.
Accelerated Reader AR
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5.7
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20120521.
Rome
Civilization
Juvenile literature.
Antram, David,
1958-,
illustrator.
Top 10 worst.
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