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The Man in the Roman Street
SAME COVER AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. SCUFFING, EDGE WEAR AND SOME DINGS ON COVERS AND SPINE. SMALL BLACKOUT ON FIRST PAGE. SOME MARKING & UNDERLINING NOTED IN BOOK-BUT A GOOD READING COPY.
- GenresHistoryAncient History
156 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1947
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About the author
Harold Mattingly
67 books3 followersHarold Mattingly was born 1884 in Sudbury, Suffolk and died in 1964 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
He was an historian of ancient Rome and numismatist; responsible for a total revision of the chronology and study of Roman coinage. Mattingly was educated at Lays School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. An excellent student, he was awarded a Craven University scholarship and studied in Germany. He joined the British Museum in 1910 in the Department of Printed Books before moving to the Department of Coins and Medals. Initially he published on Roman history in general, issuing two books (1909 and 1914). During the First World War 1914-16 he served in active duty before reassignment to the Postal Censorship Bureau until 1918. Returning to the Museum after the war, Mattingly turned his interests to numismatics. He and D. S. G. Robinson (q.v.), also of the Department of Coins and Medals, set about in a series of paper disproving the traditional dating of the Roman denarius. Beginning in 1923, Mattingly began issuing his catalog, Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, a systematic study of Roman coinage. The somewhat more synoptic Roman Imperial Coinage appeared at the same time. These works were a thorough account of the subject which laid the groundwork for archaeologist and field scholars.
Obituary: "Dr. Harold Mattingly, Distinguished Numismatist." The Times, February 1, 1964.
He was an historian of ancient Rome and numismatist; responsible for a total revision of the chronology and study of Roman coinage. Mattingly was educated at Lays School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. An excellent student, he was awarded a Craven University scholarship and studied in Germany. He joined the British Museum in 1910 in the Department of Printed Books before moving to the Department of Coins and Medals. Initially he published on Roman history in general, issuing two books (1909 and 1914). During the First World War 1914-16 he served in active duty before reassignment to the Postal Censorship Bureau until 1918. Returning to the Museum after the war, Mattingly turned his interests to numismatics. He and D. S. G. Robinson (q.v.), also of the Department of Coins and Medals, set about in a series of paper disproving the traditional dating of the Roman denarius. Beginning in 1923, Mattingly began issuing his catalog, Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, a systematic study of Roman coinage. The somewhat more synoptic Roman Imperial Coinage appeared at the same time. These works were a thorough account of the subject which laid the groundwork for archaeologist and field scholars.
Obituary: "Dr. Harold Mattingly, Distinguished Numismatist." The Times, February 1, 1964.
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August 12, 2022
I enjoyed finding this book more than actually having read it.
Everytime my family and I venture up to Newcastle, we make our necessary pilgrimage up to Barnard Castle. A lovely and rather quaint Northern English Town that sits rather happily beside a now old, but well maintained, stone fortress. We make sure to visit our favourite Costa and give ourselves a break from the long journey we have travelled thus far, and buttress our spirits for the final leg. After this coffee break, we normally continue on our way up to Newcastle. However, for a change, my Dad and I went on an explore, and stumbled across an amazing find. A vintage bookshop.
I could sit here and spend hours talking about how amazing it is, but I digress. It was simply beautiful. Shelves of old books, decorated with antiques and wooden furniture and a slow playing vinyl of 50s jazz dancing lazily through the air. I was in my element. I could have spent a whole day in there, perusing through every shelf to find hidden gems that I could pour through, but we had a schedule to maintain, so another visit will be in order.
I found this book amongst many others, and I plan to read them over the course of the summer holiday. While I did like this book, I would say the title is rather misleading. If you are expecting a street level view of Roman life in the Empire, you will be disappointed. Whilst Mattingly certainly makes reference to the common man, it is a work that spends much of its time focusing on the wider stretches of the Roman World, rather than talking about your average Marcus. Top-Down rather than Bottom-Up.
Still, a good little read. Onto the next!
Everytime my family and I venture up to Newcastle, we make our necessary pilgrimage up to Barnard Castle. A lovely and rather quaint Northern English Town that sits rather happily beside a now old, but well maintained, stone fortress. We make sure to visit our favourite Costa and give ourselves a break from the long journey we have travelled thus far, and buttress our spirits for the final leg. After this coffee break, we normally continue on our way up to Newcastle. However, for a change, my Dad and I went on an explore, and stumbled across an amazing find. A vintage bookshop.
I could sit here and spend hours talking about how amazing it is, but I digress. It was simply beautiful. Shelves of old books, decorated with antiques and wooden furniture and a slow playing vinyl of 50s jazz dancing lazily through the air. I was in my element. I could have spent a whole day in there, perusing through every shelf to find hidden gems that I could pour through, but we had a schedule to maintain, so another visit will be in order.
I found this book amongst many others, and I plan to read them over the course of the summer holiday. While I did like this book, I would say the title is rather misleading. If you are expecting a street level view of Roman life in the Empire, you will be disappointed. Whilst Mattingly certainly makes reference to the common man, it is a work that spends much of its time focusing on the wider stretches of the Roman World, rather than talking about your average Marcus. Top-Down rather than Bottom-Up.
Still, a good little read. Onto the next!
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