La vida en la Roma antigua

In this short and eloquent work, Pierre Grimal wisely mixes the "great history" of Rome (its wars and its conquests) with the history of the private life of Roman citizens; how the ancient beliefs and the ideal of the city evolved, especially after the Roman conquest of Greece... To the point where, according to Grimal, "the world changed the day the Greeks taught their conquerors the art of fine dining".