"Describes disgusting details about daily life in ancient Rome, including housing, food, and sanitation"--Provided by publisher.

Provides useful information about ancient Rome like culture, economics, fashion, history, law, and politics of ancient Rome while offering practical advice on how to avoid being poisoned, beheaded, or torn apart by an angry mob.

The history, society, and political life of ancient Rome and its vast empire.

What was it like to be a gladiator? How many people died in the destruction of Pompeii? How did Roman children spend their days? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Ancient Rome and Pompeii. This is the nonfiction companion to Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House #13).

Describes how the Romans put to use and expanded the scientific achievements of earlier civilizations.

Presents a history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.