The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
937.7/BEARD,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008
DESCRIPTION
360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780674029767 (alk. paper), 0674029763 (alk. paper), 0674029763 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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