Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Prof. Mary Beard (Paperback, 2010)

Description: WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 An extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist. The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than ten per cent of the population.

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Item Height: 198 mm

Item Width: 129 mm

Author: Professor Mary Beard

Publication Name: Pompeii: the Life of a Roman Town

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Profile Books

Subject: Archaeology, History

Publication Year: 2010

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 334 g

Number of Pages: 368 Pages