Artifacts from Ancient Rome

When Roman objects and artifacts are properly analyzed they serve as valuable primary sources for learning about ancient history. This book provides the guidance and relevant historical context students need to see relics as evidence of long-past events and society.Artifacts from Ancient Rome is a unique social history that explores major aspects of daily life in a long-ago era via images of physical objects and historical information about these items. This book also affords hands-on training on how to approach primary sources.The authora historian also trained as an archaeologistbegins by explaining the concept of using artifacts to understand and see the past and providing a primer for effectively analyzing artifacts. Entries on the artifacts follow with each containing an introduction a description of the artifact an explanation of its significance and a list of further sources of information. Readers of the book will not only gain a composite impression of daily life in ancient Rome through the study of artifacts from domestic life religion war transportation entertainment and more but will also learn how to best understand and analyze primary sources for learning.