The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found
AUTHOR:
Beard, Mary, 1955-
ISBN:
9780674029767
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
359 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
SUBJECT:
| Pompeii (Extinct city) |
| Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs |
| Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions |
| Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs |