While some of the basic facts about ancient Rome are familiar to many, here’s a short work that provides a crash course in everything from the city’s founding and laws to the mythology, religion, customs, and lives of its ordinary citizens.
Here’s an excerpt from Discover Ancient Rome:
“A Roman family’s diet depended on their social status. Those with little money ate wheat, which was probably boiled because the poor usually did not have ovens for baking. They also ate beans and leeks, but meat was a luxury. In modest homes, cheap wine and vinegar mixed with water were common beverages. Romans of all classes disapproved of drinking wine without water. Romans used milk to make cheese, but they did not drink it. They thought only uncivilized people drank milk!”
(Enslow Publishers, Inc., 112 pp.)
