The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found / Mary Beard.
By: Beard, Mary.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008Description: 360 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780674029767 (trade); 0674029763.Subject(s): Pompeii (Extinct city) | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions | Pompeii (Extinct city) | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 937/.7256807 Summary: Presents a discussion of the remains of Pompeii in order to determine what ordinary life was like for inhabitants of the ancient city before the eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius, covering sex, politics, food, religion, literacy, and slavery.
Presents a discussion of the remains of Pompeii in order to determine what ordinary life was like for inhabitants of the ancient city before the eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius, covering sex, politics, food, religion, literacy, and slavery.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index.
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