Pompeii : the life of a Roman town / Mary Beard.

By:

Beard, Mary, 1955- [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Profile, 2009.Description: 360 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781861975966
1861975961

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

937.7

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, baths -- Fun and games -- A city full of gods.

Summary: "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 myths: 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." -- Back cover.

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	937.7 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011012

Total holds: 0

Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 myths: 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." -- Back cover.