The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found

Author(s)

• Beard, Mary

Bibliographic Information

The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found

Mary Beard

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index

Contents of Works

• Living in an old city
• Street life
• House and home
• Painting and decorating
• Earning a living : baker, banker and garum maker
• Who ran the city?
• The pleasures of the body : food, wine, sex and baths
• Fun and games
• A city full of gods

Details

• NCID: BA88596656
• ISBN:
  • 9780674029767
• LCCN: 2008027513
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 360 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DG70.P7
  • DC22 : 937/.7256807
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pompeii (Extinct city)
  • LCSH : Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs