The Resource The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found, Mary Beard
The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found, Mary Beard
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Harvard Press University paperback ed.
- Extent
- 360 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780674045866
- Label
- The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found
- Title
- The fires of Vesuvius
- Title remainder
- Pompeii lost and found
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Beard
- Title variation
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- Pompeii: the life of a Roman town
- Pompeii lost and found
- Subject
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- trueAncient cities and towns -- Rome
- trueCity life
- truePompeii (Extinct city)
- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs
- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions
- trueAncient cities and towns
- trueRome
- trueRome -- History
- trueRome -- Social life and customs
- truePompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 321921
- Cataloging source
- VMC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beard, Mary
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Pompeii lost and found
- Label
- The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found, Mary Beard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Harvard Press University paperback ed.
- Extent
- 360 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780674045866
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn601536792
- (OCoLC)601536792
- 1330916
- (OCoLC)ocm225874239
- 4373-69860
- (OCoLC)225874239
- (OUa)vtls000735098
- (OCoLC)ocn225874239
- Label
- The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found, Mary Beard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Harvard Press University paperback ed.
- Extent
- 360 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780674045866
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn601536792
- (OCoLC)601536792
- 1330916
- (OCoLC)ocm225874239
- 4373-69860
- (OCoLC)225874239
- (OUa)vtls000735098
- (OCoLC)ocn225874239
Subject
- trueAncient cities and towns -- Rome
- trueCity life
- truePompeii (Extinct city)
- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs
- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions
- trueAncient cities and towns
- trueRome
- trueRome -- History
- trueRome -- Social life and customs
- truePompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs
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