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, 2010, c2008

[1st pbk. ed]

• : pbk

Note

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

Summary: Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was -- more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? -- and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. --from publisher description

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: BB05432841
• ISBN:
  • 9780674045866
• 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
• 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