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The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found / Mary Beard.
By: Beard, Mary
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Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008Description: 360 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780674029767 :; 0674029763 :.Subject(s): Pompeii (Extinct city) | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs
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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DG 70 .P7 B43 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 601847 |
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| DG 63 .G413 1967 The world of ancient Rome / | DG 68.1 .H67 2005 The Colosseum / | DG 70 .P7 A648 2002 The lost world of Pompeii / | DG 70 .P7 B43 2008 The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found / | DG 70 .P7 B43 2008 The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found / | DG 70 .P7 B74 1960 Pompeii and Herculaneum : the glory and the grief / | DG 70 .S7 1960 Rome 753 B.C.-A.D. 180 : A short history for secondary schools. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index.
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.
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