One of the author's top ten books about ancient Rome, as shared at the Guardian:
Shopping in Ancient Rome by Claire HolleranRead about the other books on the list.
I was at a serious conference when I spotted this desirable purchase. A survey of the Roman retail trade, it’s scholarly but accessible – and indispensable when I need to check that you could buy olives by the meat market, and that the Argiletum was the place to go for bookshops or sex (or both).
--Marshal Zeringue