Description
Two thousand years ago, the denizens of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds performed a diverse and challenging array of tasks to earn their daily bread. Personal entrail-reader to the emperor; war-elephant troop commander; mopper-up of dead gladiatorsl armpit-hair plucker; stage actor; curse-tablet maker, orgy planner; these are just a few of the career opportunities that beckoned for, or at times terrified, our forebears.
In Orgy Planner Wanted, Vicki Leon describes 150 ancient occupations — from the glittering to the gory; from the strangely familiar to the entirely strange and entirely unfamiliar. Impeccably researched and written with gleeful abandon, Orgy Planner Wanted offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on the world of antiquity.
