Roman Pompeii

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847650641

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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than ten per cent of the population. An extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist.

Author : Ray Laurence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136699030

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Including new chapters that reveal how the young learnt the culture of the city, this fully revised and updated edition of Roman Pompeii looks at the latest archaeological and literary evidence relating to the city of Pompeii from the viewpoint of architect, geographer and social scientist.

Author : Ray Laurence
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : City planning
ISBN : 0415141036

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In this fully revised and updated edition of Roman Pompeii, Dr. Laurence looks at the latest archaeological and literary evidence relating to the city of Pompeii from the viewpoint of architect, geographer and social scientist. Enhancing our general understanding of the Roman world, this new edition includes new chapters that reveal how the young learnt the culture of the city and to investigate the role of property development and real estate in Pompeii's growth. Showing how Pompeii has undergone considerable urban development, Dr. Laurence emphasizes the relationship between the fabric of the city and the society that produced it. Local activities are located in both time and space and Pompeii's cultural identity is defined. This book is invaluable for students and scholars in the fields of archaeology and ancient history, as well as being rewarding reading for the many people who visit Pompeii.

Author : Gregory S. Aldrete
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313017971

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Daily Life in the Roman City by Gregory S. Aldrete Pdf

Despite the fact that the majority of the inhabitants of the Roman Empire lived an agricultural existence and thus resided outside of urban centers, there is no denying the fact that the core of Roman civilization—its essential culture and politics—was based in cities. Even at the furthest boundaries of the Empire, Roman cities shared a remarkable and consistent similarity in terms of architecture, art, infrastructure, and organization which was modeled after the greatest city of all, Rome itself. In Gregory Aldrete's exhaustive account, readers will have the opportunity to peer into the inner workings of daily life in ancient Rome, to witness the full range of glory, cruelty, sophistication, and deprivation that characterized Roman cities, and will perhaps even gain new insight into the nature and history of urban existence in America today. Included are accounts of Rome's history, infrastructure, government, and inhabitants, as well as chapters on life and death, the dangers and pleasures of urban living, entertainment, religion, the emperors, and the economy. Additional sections explore two other important Roman cities: Ostia, an industrial port town, and Pompeii, the doomed playground of the rich. This volume is ideal for high school and college students, as well as for anyone interested in examining the realities of life in ancient Rome. A chronology of the time period, maps, illustrations, a bibliography, and an index are also included.

Author : Ingrid D. Rowland
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674416536

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From Pompeii by Ingrid D. Rowland Pdf

When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations. The experience of Pompeii always reflects a particular time and sensibility, says Ingrid Rowland. From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town explores the fascinating variety of these different experiences, as described by the artists, writers, actors, and others who have toured the excavated site. The city's houses, temples, gardens--and traces of Vesuvius's human victims--have elicited responses ranging from awe to embarrassment, with shifting cultural tastes playing an important role. The erotic frescoes that appalled eighteenth-century viewers inspired Renoir to change the way he painted. For Freud, visiting Pompeii was as therapeutic as a session of psychoanalysis. Crown Prince Hirohito, arriving in the Bay of Naples by battleship, found Pompeii interesting, but Vesuvius, to his eyes, was just an ugly version of Mount Fuji. Rowland treats readers to the distinctive, often quirky responses of visitors ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain to Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven throughout a narrative lush with detail and insight is the thread of Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii, where she has returned many times since first visiting in 1962.

Author : Carol C. Mattusch,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0500514364

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Pompeii and the Roman Villa by Carol C. Mattusch,National Gallery of Art (U.S.),Los Angeles County Museum of Art Pdf

An assessment of the Bay of Naples as a popular vacation spot in ancient Rome evaluates the picturesque area as a villa site for numerous emperors and a retreat of choice for the artistic community, in a lavishly illustrated volume that features reproductions of period artwork.

Author : Peter Oakes
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781451415933

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Reading Romans In Pompeii by Peter Oakes Pdf

Author : Emidio De Albentiis
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892369416

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Secrets of Pompeii by Emidio De Albentiis Pdf

The remains of the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79, have provided invaluable evidence of daily life, not only in Rome's provinces, but in its larger urban centers as well. This book provides a fascinating look at how ancient Romans interacted in their public squares and marketplaces, how they worshipped, decorated their homes, and spent their leisure time--at the theater, in the gymnasium, and in the baths and brothels. Illustrated with photographs of architectural remains and exquisite details from a range of ancient artworks, including wall paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and carved reliefs, the book offers a glimpse into a lost world.

Author : Robert Harris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409021650

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Pompeii by Robert Harris Pdf

PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' Sunday Times 'A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end' The Times During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . . Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction. 'As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' Daily Telegraph

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674744417

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The Fires of Vesuvius by Mary Beard Pdf

Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day. 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 sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, Beard offers us the big picture even as she takes us close enough to the past to smell the bad breath and see the intestinal tapeworms of the inhabitants of the lost city. She resurrects the Temple of Isis as a testament to ancient multiculturalism. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. Recently, Pompeii has been a focus of pleasure and loss: from Pink Floyd’s memorable rock concert to Primo Levi’s elegy on the victims. But Pompeii still does not give up its secrets quite as easily as it may seem. This book shows us how much more and less there is to Pompeii than a city frozen in time as it went about its business on 24 August 79.

Author : Ray Laurence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134768981

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Roman Pompeii by Ray Laurence Pdf

In this fully revised and updated edition of Roman Pompeii, Dr. Laurence looks at the latest archaeological and literary evidence relating to the city of Pompeii from the viewpoint of architect, geographer and social scientist. Enhancing our general understanding of the Roman world, this new edition includes new chapters that reveal how the young learnt the culture of the city and to investigate the role of property development and real estate in Pompeii’s growth. Showing how Pompeii has undergone considerable urban development, Dr. Laurence emphasizes the relationship between the fabric of the city and the society that produced it. Local activities are located in both time and space and Pompeii’s cultural identity is defined. This book is invaluable for students and scholars in the fields of archaeology and ancient history, as well as being rewarding reading for the many people who visit Pompeii.

Author : Steven L. Tuck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
ISBN : OCLC:733795148

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Pompeii by Steven L. Tuck Pdf

In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries.

Author : Kristina Milnor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199684618

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Graffiti and the Literary Landscape in Roman Pompeii by Kristina Milnor Pdf

Milnor considers how the fragments of textual graffiti which survive on the walls of the Roman city of Pompeii reflect and refract the literary world from which they emerged. The volume looks in detail at the role and nature of 'popular' literature in the early Roman Empire and the place of poetry in the Pompeian cityscape.

Author : Ron Goor,Nancy Goor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015017650121

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Pompeii by Ron Goor,Nancy Goor Pdf

Explores the social, political, cultural, and religious life in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed in a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. and not rediscovered until the late seventeenth century.

Author : Caroline Lawrence
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444003536

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The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence Pdf

It is AD 79 and Mount Vesuvius has erupted, destroying Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy. When the friends discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps, they start to investigate and soon solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. A terrifically exciting and dramatic story packed with superb historical detail.