Join Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus as they explore fascinating facets of life in ancient Rome. Evocative text and vivid full-colour illustrations bring to life the themes, settings and personalities in the bestselling series. Topics covered include Flavia on the class system in Roman society, favourite myths and legends, and holidays and celebrations; Jonathan discovering the world of Roman sport and leisure and the different religions; Nubia on animals in Roman times and Lupus on childhood in Roman times, plus ancient cultures' fascination with number and alphabet puzzles and games. Includes a timeline of key events in Roman history and a map of the Roman Empire.
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The world of the bestselling books and highly-acclaimed TV series brought to life in full colour.
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Here is the ultimate treasure trove for devotees of the Roman Mysteries - for fans of Caroline Lawrence's bestselling books, the highly-acclaimed CBBC TV series, or both! Flavia Gemina has decided to write a book and has enlisted the help of her friends and family. So join Flavia, Jonathan, Lupus, Nubia and other favourite characters on a behind-the-scenes journey into Roman life during the reign of Emperor Titus. Find out about sport and leisure, food and drink, fashion and beauty, slaves and freeborns, death and burial, architecture and politics. Read about the eruption of Vesuvius and discover quirky facts about Roman emperors. Plus find out how Caroline Lawrence conducts her rigorous research for each book. With brand-new maps, insightful, lively text by Caroline Lawrence and stunning full-colour photographs from the TV series, this is a book to return to time and again. Caroline Lawrence is American. She grew up in California and came to England when she won a scholarship to Cambridge to study Classical Archaeology, which she followed with a degree in Hebrew and Jewish studies at the University of London. She lives by the river in London with her husband, a graphic designer. She is the author of The First and Second Roman Mysteries Quiz Books, Trimalchio's Feast and Other Mini-mysteries, as well as the seventeen novels in the Roman Mysteries sequence, which are published or forthcoming: The Thieves of Ostia, The Secrets of Vesuvius, The Pirates of Pompeii, The Assassins of Rome, The Dolphins of Laurentum, The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina, The Enemies of Jupiter, The Gladiators from Capua, The Colossus of Rhodes, The Fugitive from Corinth, The Sirens of Surrentum, The Charioteer of Delphi, The Slave-girl from Jerusalem, The Beggar of Volubilis, The Scribe from Alexandria, The Prophet from Ephesus and The Man from Pomegranate Street.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
The Treasury is absolutely brilliant! It describes each of the main characters one by one and then has a short piece apparently by each person. Each character describes their own childhood so vividly that you feel transported back in time. Each person has their own subject as listed here:
Flavia - festivals and holidays , myths and legends
Captain Geminus - transport and ,trade patrons and clients
Uncle Gaius - f arming and agri culture
Jonathan - sport and entertainment , religon
Doctor Mordecai - medicine death and burial
Miriam - love and marriage
Pulchra - fashion and beauty, Roman society
Nubia - freeborn and slave
Pliny the younger - the erruption of Vesuvius
Titus - emperors of Rome
Lupus - art , writing
Pliny the elder - scholarship
Alma -food and drink , entertaining and dining , recipes.
This amazing book can be read on its own but you might enjoy it more if you read some of the other Roman mysteries first. It's definitely a must for any RomanMysteries fan.
Reading the Treasury makes you understand the Roman Mysteries characters in context and how much research must have been needed to write them.
I had always thought that the Romans very very different from us because of slavery and their love of gladiatorial combats. But as Caroline points out on her website, we seem to enjoy very violent films and as for slavery I read only the other day, a story from Uzbekistan, where nine year olds pick cotton - so perhaps we are not that different.
Flavia - festivals and holidays , myths and legends
Captain Geminus - transport and ,trade patrons and clients
Uncle Gaius - f arming and agri culture
Jonathan - sport and entertainment , religon
Doctor Mordecai - medicine death and burial
Miriam - love and marriage
Pulchra - fashion and beauty, Roman society
Nubia - freeborn and slave
Pliny the younger - the erruption of Vesuvius
Titus - emperors of Rome
Lupus - art , writing
Pliny the elder - scholarship
Alma -food and drink , entertaining and dining , recipes.
This amazing book can be read on its own but you might enjoy it more if you read some of the other Roman mysteries first. It's definitely a must for any RomanMysteries fan.
Reading the Treasury makes you understand the Roman Mysteries characters in context and how much research must have been needed to write them.
I had always thought that the Romans very very different from us because of slavery and their love of gladiatorial combats. But as Caroline points out on her website, we seem to enjoy very violent films and as for slavery I read only the other day, a story from Uzbekistan, where nine year olds pick cotton - so perhaps we are not that different.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
There was so much in this book that never made it into the series as a whole! Past stories and backgrounds on characters and more, which have not been mentioned in the series appear in the Roman Mysteries Treasury.
In addition there are facts and facts galore on ancient Rome and its inhabitants. Including peices on Beauty (by Pulchra naturally!), Thearte and many more. This is not a book to miss, if you want to learn more on ancient Rome, or if you just love the Roman Mysteries!
In addition there are facts and facts galore on ancient Rome and its inhabitants. Including peices on Beauty (by Pulchra naturally!), Thearte and many more. This is not a book to miss, if you want to learn more on ancient Rome, or if you just love the Roman Mysteries!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Boudicca
A stimulating, brilliantly written book divided into chapters, with topics assigned by Flavia Gemina. The characters who have written their entry in the book include, the Emporer Titus, Pliny the younger and Pliny, as well as the four main characters. Along with extremely helpful information on all sorts of subjects, such as medicine, the Emperors of Rome and Roman weddings, there are beautiful photographs, and delicious recipes straight from Ancient Rome! The photographs are from the wonderful new series of Roman Mysteries and the book even includes a detailed timeline!
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good read
my teenage knights were fascinated, and so were mum and dad, by the whole set of books, which we have collected in fits and starts.
Published 4 months ago by David Church
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Great addition to the Roman Mysteries' series
If you love the Roman Mysteries, you'll love this book. All your favourite characters give opinions/facts/ideas on Roman life - it all really compliments the series well, except... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2007 by Bamboo Shoots
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The Roman Mysteries Treasury
Another fantastic roman mystery a wealth of infomation inside. It has interesting and exciting facts not only about the book or even the film but the whole roman world! Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2007 by Xerxes Maximillian
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A great fact file
this book is full of facts of people from roman Mysteries but also full of different topics which happened a long time ago. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by M. Osullivan-day
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