02067cam a2200361 i 4500 623686750 TxAuBib 20120521120000.0 110429s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011016312 9781433966941 library binding 1433966948 library binding DLC eng rda DLC DLC TxAuBib rda 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. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 MG 5.7 1 148793. 20120521. Rome Civilization Juvenile literature. Antram, David, 1958-, illustrator. Top 10 worst. TXKPL