Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age & Death

by Peter Jones

Book Overview

In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors 2,000 years ago. Romans inhabited a world where people, knowing nothing about hygiene let alone disease, had no defenses against nature. Death was everywhere. Half of all Roman children were dead by the age of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786494825
• ISBN13: 9781786494825
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"