Learn how the Romans faced up to a world of death in Memento Mori. With half of children dead by age five and a mere eight percent of the population living over 60 years, the old age Romans inhabited a world where man had no knowledge of hygiene and no defences against nature. From the elites’ philosophical acceptance of the brevity of life to the daily life of butchers, bakers and buffoons read all about how they attempted to take away the sting of death.
MEMENTO MORI
By Peter Jones
