The fires of Vesuvius
Pompeii lost and found
1st Harvard Press University paperback ed.
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Author
Publication
2010 - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
90,000 words, Guess
Page Count
360 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100674045866
- ISBN-139780674045866
- OCLC Control Number601536792
- Better World Books9780674045866
- Open LibraryOL26889591M
Description
Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was -- more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? -- and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. --from publisher description
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