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Jerome Carcopino was born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France, in 1881. He was a lecturer at the University of Algiers in Algeria before his career was interrupted by World War I. Lecturing at the Sorbonne in Paris from 1920 to 1937, he later became the Director of the French School in Rome. From 1941 to 1942, he was the Minister of National Education and Youth in Vichy France. He died in 1970.
An old favourite, first published in 1941, but still remarkable for the picture it paints of the turbulent city of the Caesars. Not just the monuments whose surviving ruins are familiar, but the teeming high-rise tenements, the wharves and warehouses full of every kind of luxury goods, the staggering variety of street life, the colourful clamour of the circus. With frequent illustrations from both the classics and archaeology, this remains one of the best introductions to Roman life. Review by Lindsey Davis, whose books include 'Two For the Lions' (Kirkus UK)
