How Roman Families Survived Work, Women, Wages, and Urban Life in the Roman Empire

How did ordinary Roman families survive in one of history's greatest empires?When most people think of ancient Rome, they imagine emperors, gladiators, senators, and military conquest. But behind the marble monuments and imperial grandeur lived millions of ordinary people, women, laborers, children, widows, artisans, migrants, and struggling households, whose daily fight for survival shaped the re...