Your Life at Every Level Of Wealth in Ancient Rome

What did it really mean to be rich in Ancient Rome? I spent one day climbing Rome’s wealth ladder, from slaves and ordinary workers to merchants, senators, and finally the emperor. Along the way, we uncover how much Romans earned, what they could afford, and how wealth gave some people something far more valuable than money: control over other people’s time. Based on historical sources and research into Roman society, economics, slavery, and politics. sources • Mary Beard — SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome • Ronald Syme — The Roman Revolution • Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller — The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture • Peter Temin — The Roman Market Economy • Keith Bradley — Slavery and Society at Rome • Keith Hopkins — Conquerors and Slaves • Jérôme Carcopino — Daily Life in Ancient Rome • The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World Primary sources could include: • Plutarch — Life of Crassus • Suetonius — The Twelve Caesars • Tacitus — Annals • Juvenal — Satires • Pliny the Younger — Letters • Augustus — Res Gestae Divi Augusti