24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

24 Hours in Ancient History Series, Book 1

De: Philip Matyszak

Narrado por: Michael Page

Walk a day in a Roman's sandals.

What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities - one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?

In this entertaining and enlightening guide, best-selling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character - from emperor to slave girl, gladiator to astrologer, medicine woman to water-clock maker - and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.

©2017 Philip Matyszak (P)2020 Tantor

Wonderfully educational and dramatic

A fun dramatization of daily life in Rome. I suspect the stories are wholly fictional dramatizations inspired by real people and the very real setting of Rome and Roman culture. The focus of the drama seems to be during the reign of Hadrian, but the narrator interjects to explain the history with a scope that stretches back to the apocryphal stories of King Numa of Rome.

So overall I would say the subject breadth is quite good, the focus on everyday people refreshing, and the dramas intriguing if not moving.

Finally I would like to praise Michael Page for his wonderful reading. He nicely moves between personifying the words and thoughts of dramatized characters; and deftly interjecting with facts and other narration. Given the poor quality of readings by other authors in attempting similar tasks, I can only suspect this is challenging, and a testament to the talent of the reader for succeeding here.

Michael Page is a great narrator

Found it really interesting and learned some new things. I like how each hour was tied to the previous hour. Enjoyed the audio so much I got the book.
Would listen to this again

Engaging look into everyday life of regular people

Looking into the mundane was so much more interesting than the historical big events that are always touted.

Took me back to Latin class and the origin of word

Transports the reader as if suspended in a Drone observing the characters. Descriptive and engaging.

Outstanding!

Absolutely lovely book well written, well researched and well delivered! Highly recommend it to anyone who is a student of Roman history or simply wants to peer under the toga of Roman society.

Wonderful!

I loved this book. The stories are entertaining & informative. The narrator does a splendid job. Usually l just search by author for my next book but this time I will also search by narrator. I heartily recommend listening to 24 Hours in Ancient Rome & anything else by Philip Matyszak or narrated by Michael Page.

Enjoyable account of life in Ancient Rome

Details galore with a broad base of information presented accessibly in just 4 hours. Recommend!

Great road trip book.

Super book to pass time on a long trip. Lots of fun facts and well done.

Excellent

Interesting and fun to listen to the occurrences of a day in Rome. Off the beaten path of history

Great Lighthearted view of history

This was great to listen to as i was doing other things.
I'd find myself laughing, and at times would hear myself thinking "ohhhh, that's not going to turn out well...", during some characters escapade.
This wasn't a dry list of dates and names, this is stories of real people making (humorous) real mistakes.