Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empire

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year

“First-rate. . . . A sterling example of historical revisionism.”—Publishers Weekly

From plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and t...