Reviews for The Roman Household: A Sourcebook

The average rating for The Roman Household: A Sourcebook based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-03 00:00:00 Justin Turner c1991. Definitely an academic book but readable for all that. Nice layout in that the additional notes are on the same page which means that you do not have to keep going backwards and forwards. There are some great anecdotes as well even if you are not that 'in' to history. Interestingly, it seems that some of the Benedictine rules were based on good ol' Roman principles. I am not quite sure of what to think about one of the paras ie " Egnatius Maecenius killed his wife by beating her with a stick for being drunk on wine. Not only was he not summoned to court for doing this, but he was not even criticised by anyone: all right thinking men considered that she deserved what she got because of her lack of self-control. It is agreed that any woman who drinks without restraint puts any virtue she may have at risk and risks falling prey to every vice. - Valerius Maximus 6, 3.9"

Review # 2 was written on 2010-05-05 00:00:00 Garett Horgen Hearing about Ancient Roman life from their own mouths makes it a lot more interesting. :)