The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found
Title:
The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found
Author:
Beard, Mary, 1955-
ISBN:
9780674029767
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
360 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
From its political and religious systems to slavery and attitudes toward sex, the ruins of this ancient Roman city are explored in a study that brings to light new facts about the way the people of Pompeii lived prior to meeting their devastating end in 79 CE.
