
Memento Mori
What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death
By: Peter Jones
Paperback | 3 January 2019
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Romans inhabited a world where man, knowing nothing about hygiene let alone disease, had no defences against nature. Death was everywhere. Half of all Roman children were dead by the age of five. Only eight per cent of the population made it over sixty. One bizarre result was that half the population consisted of teenagers.
From the elites' philosophical take on the brevity of life to the epitaphs left by butchers, bakers and buffoons, Memento Mori ('Remember you die') shows how the Romans faced up to this world and attempted to take the sting out of death.
About the Author
Peter Jones was educated at Cambridge University and taught Classics at Cambridge and at Newcastle University, before retiring in 1997. He has written a regular column, 'Ancient & Modern', in the Spectator for many years and is the author of various books on the Classics, including the bestselling Learn Latin and Learn Ancient Greek, as well as Reading Virgil's Aeneid I and II, Vote for Caesar, Veni, Vidi, Vici, Eureka! and Quid Pro Quo.
Industry Reviews
An often amusing, always illuminating, guide which offers an intriguing vantage point at which to examine Roman life. * All About History *
An enjoyable, engaging and educational book that makes ancient attitudes on mortality accessible to us all. * Lucia Marchini, Minerva *
'Like everything else Jones writes, Eureka! is packed with intriguing nuggets for novices and experts alike... He flits between the beautiful and the banal, never missing a good story' Natalie Haynes, The Times * Natalie Haynes, The Times, on Eureka! *
Jones is a storyteller at heart, unashamed to entertain while educating by stealth, as all the best teachers do. * Spectator on Eureka *
ISBN: 9781786494825
ISBN-10: 1786494825
Series: Classic Civilisations
Published: 3rd January 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Atlantic
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 1.6 x 12.8 x 19.6
Weight (kg): 0.2
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