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Do you know good books about the daily life of the citizens of Rome during the end of the Republic and/or the civil wars?

>> No.20877436

>>20877434
Have sex

>> No.20877443

>>20877436
now what

>> No.20877455

>>20877436
man, i was literally thinking the same thing.. for a split second i thought i'd made this post

>>20877443
have sex

>> No.20877464

>>20877443
Have sex with a young boy

>> No.20877481
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20877481

>>20877434
No

>> No.20877533

>>20877481
well thanks for the bump

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20877907

>>20877434
>Do you know good books about the daily life of the citizens of Rome during the end of the Republic and/or the civil wars?
The real question is,

Do you know good books about Rome during the end of the Republic and/or the civil wars?

I've never read about Caesar and Cicero were idiots, or how Sextus Pompey was drinking wine and collecting taxes in Sicily whilst Octavian and Antonius were pretending to be in control of everything.


Probably this subject has been conducted in depth already. I find it very boring to examine the toilet facilities of the late republic, myself. Still, Pompeii gives you a good place to start.

>> No.20878097

>>20877907
>I've never read about Caesar and Cicero were idiots
Were they?

Anyway thanks for the rec about Pompeii, I haven't thought of that and it seems to be as close as what I'm looking for.

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>>20878097
>thanks for the rec about Pompe
yw citizen

>> No.20879429

>>20877434
Ditto >>20877907 much of the information you're looking for will be found in archaeology and epigraphy. I won't claim to know for sure, but its doubtful anyone in the 1800 years (at least) following the end of the Republic cared enough to write about the life of an average Roman citizen, much less read about it, in such a tumultuous period of history.