Bibliograph

Horrible jobs in ancient Greece and Rome, Robyn Hardyman

Type

Label

Horrible jobs in ancient Greece and Rome, Robyn Hardyman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Horrible jobs in ancient Greece and Rome

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

861210442

Responsibility statement

Robyn Hardyman

Series statement

History's most horrible jobs

Summary

Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in ancient Greece and Rome, including peasant, slave, Olympic pankratist, laborer, fuller, gladiator, and soldier

Table Of Contents

Ancient Greece -- Work in Greece -- Poor peasant -- Sold into slavery -- Domestic duties -- Olympic pankratist -- Hard labor -- Mighty ship builder -- Hoplite soldier -- Ancient Rome -- Baths slave -- Telling fortunes -- Loathsome laundry -- Suffering slave -- Entertainment -- Gory gladiator -- Crazy charioteer -- A long way from home -- Luckless legionary -- Miserable mining -- The end of the empire

Target audience

juvenile

Creator