The best feature of the book is that the author explains how archeologists infer facts about life 2000 years ago.
Seneca and his friends have a lot of practical advice for navigating life
Ward Fransworth – The practicing Stoic
there is no reason to get too excited about this book.
The history of Rome consists of a unique series of revolutionary social and political experiments
Rome was much more of a ‘social welfare state’ than I ever realized; with a people’s tribunes, food for the poor, land redistribution, and pensions for soldiers.