What a Way to Make a Living
Ever consider hiring on as a 'praepositus camelorum'? Probably not. This and other positions of ancient times are examined in Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World. Well-researched and often hilarious look at the duties involved in being a fishmonger, vestal virgin, curse-tablet maker to name a few. In case you're wondering-the praepositus camilorum position involves the tracking, capturing and supplying of ferocious beasts to gladiator events and circuses. Those of you who wish you could have taken on one of these positions--keep in mind the benefits probably did not outweigh the risks.