The Roman Empire and the Dark Ages (History of Everyday Things)

By Giovanni Caselli

Book Overview

Traces the history of the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages which followed through a description of common objects, tools, clothes, dwellings, food, and day-to-day activities of the people in both the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911745580
• ISBN13: 9780911745580
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Misleading title--covers a lot more than is suggested.

This book does NOT focus solely on the Roman Empire, but rather covers such subjects as "A Celtic Farmer", "A Roman Villa", "Vindolanda: the frontier" and "Roman Town Life" as well as subjects some would consider to be of the Early Middle Ages, rather than the Dark Ages: the "Anglo-Saxons", "Byzantium", "The Arabs in Europe" (very nice!), "the Vikings", "Castle and Manor House", "Monastic life" (including a Knights Templar estate) and a medieval town. Keep in mind that this is a picture book, not a college textbook. Gives short but interesting overviews of each era listed. LOTS of nice color drawings, quite a lot of interesting details. Overall, I found it a terrific book, with lots of nice illustrations covering daily life in the periods covered. I recommend the book highly.