24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A

10.12.2019
All, Medicine, Politics

1) 24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Lives of the People Who Lived There – Philip Matyszak
Michael O’Mara | 2019 | EPUB

During the course of a day we meet 24 Athenians from all strata of society—from the slave to the politician, the fishmonger to the philosopher, the soldier to the vase painter—and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters—all from different walks of life—every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in a day in the life of the ancient city. We also get to spy on the daily doings of notable Athenians through the eyes of regular people as the city hovers on the brink of the fateful war that will destroy its golden age.

2) 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There – Philip Matyszak
Michael O’Mara | 2017 | EPUB

Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities — one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York? In this entertaining and enlightening guide, historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character—from emperor to slave girl, gladiator to astrologer, medicine woman to water-clock maker—and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.

3) 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There – Donald P. Ryan
Michael O’Mara | 2019 | EPUB

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians.

Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.

During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society – from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife – and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.