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Roman People

by Olivia Coolidge

Ten stories across the Roman world

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Ten stories across the Roman world

Olivia Coolidge’s collection presents the Roman Empire through snapshots of everyday and public life, ranging from amphitheater spectacles and the world of chariot racing to a city’s observance of the Feast of Roses. The stories also touch on poverty, danger, death, and the era of Caesar Augustus, placing varied people and experiences within the broader Roman world. Its short-story form offers several distinct windows onto ancient civilization rather than a single continuous narrative.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in ancient Rome and historical fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy collections of short stories set in the ancient world.
  • Those curious about Roman public life, customs, and social contrasts.

Themes

Ancient RomePublic spectacles and customsPoverty and social lifeDeath and remembrance

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Book overview

Olivia Coolidge brings the Roman Empire to life through ten vibrant short stories highlighting the various peoples of that era. You are there in the amphitheater witnessing gladiatorial spectacles; you share with the poverty-stricken poet in the tense moments before a murder in the baths; you cringe before the hatchet-faced gangsters managing the charioteers; you stream out of the city with the Roman populace to pay honor to its dead on the Feast of Roses; and you realize that the time is ripe for Jesus Christ, born in the Roman world of Caesar Augustus.

 

"Under Augustus, there really came to be a golden age. If we really want to study what the people of Rome-in the broader sense-were like, we should look for them there." Olivia Coolidge

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