{"product_id":"invisible-romans-robert-knapp-9780674284227","title":"Invisible Romans","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat survives from the Roman Empire is largely the words and lives of the rich and powerful: emperors, philosophers, senators. Yet the privilege and decadence often associated with the Roman elite was underpinned by the toils and tribulations of the common citizens. Here, the eminent historian Robert Knapp brings those invisible inhabitants of Rome and its vast empire to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe seeks out the ordinary folk--laboring men, housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers, and gladiators--who formed the backbone of the ancient Roman world, and the outlaws and pirates who lay beyond it. He finds their traces in the nooks and crannies of the histories, treatises, plays, and poetry created by the elite. Everyday people come alive through original sources as varied as graffiti, incantations, magical texts, proverbs, fables, astrological writings, and even the New Testament. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnapp offers a glimpse into a world far removed from our own, but one that resonates through history. \u003ci\u003eInvisible Romans\u003c\/i\u003e allows us to see how Romans sought on a daily basis to survive and thrive under the afflictions of disease, war, and violence, and to control their fates before powers that variously oppressed and ignored them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Knapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674284224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674284227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.16w x 1.04d","brand":"Robert Knapp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946907468031,"sku":"9780674284227","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a1080329-e68e-4b73-bf43-c8a757cba680.jpg?v=1681515700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisible-romans-robert-knapp-9780674284227","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}