{"product_id":"spqr-a-roman-miscellany-9781781859414","title":"SPQR: A Roman Miscellany","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPQR: A Roman Miscellany\u003c\/strong\u003e by Everitt, Anthony. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781781859414.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus.\n\nA moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world.\n\nDo you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or why Roman women smelt so odd?\n\nThe answers to these questions can be found in SPQR, a compendium of extraordinary facts and anecdotes about ancient Rome and its Empire. Its 500-odd entries range across every area of Roman life and society, from the Empress Livias cure for tonsillitis to the most reliable Roman methods of contraception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964736761909,"sku":"ByrdShop_1781859418","price":90.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781781859414_2db8a941-6e28-442e-9a8c-d3a8739a4642.jpg?v=1781424364","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/spqr-a-roman-miscellany-9781781859414","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}