The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found / Mary Beard.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beard, Mary, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Social life and customs.
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Social conditions.
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Religious life and customs.
Physical Description:360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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.