Awards

• Nominated for James Henry Breasted Prize 2013
• Nominated for James R. Wiseman Book Award 2013
• Nominated for PROSE Awards 2012

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Moving beyond crude stereotypes of a Roman society riven between a gilded 1 percent and a downtrodden 99 percent, Mayer breaks new ground by marshaling a wide range of archaeological evidence to reconstruct the forgotten world of the comfortable middling households who left their mark on the urban landscapes of the ancient Mediterranean.--Walter Scheidel, Stanford University Mayer has written a bold and striking book that sets the houses and tombs of the Roman middle class under the Empire against a carefully researched backdrop of the contemporary urban economy. He pulls together the art, archaeology, and social history of a new monument-buying class into an elegant and highly readable narrative.--R.R.R. Smith, Oxford University This is a splendid book written in an engaging style. Mayer illuminates the distinctive social identity and cultural tastes of the the Roman middle classes through a perceptive study of art and literature. His readings of texts and images are subtle and persuasive. Highly recommended for all those interested in Roman Art and Roman Social History.--Edward M. Harris, Durham University [A] remarkable volume...Mayer provides an indispensable and well-argued refutation of the conventional top-down readings of Roman art.--G. S. Gessert Choice (12/01/2012)

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Emanuel Mayer is Associate Professor of History at Yale-NUS College, Singapore.

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