num_pages: 56
description: A look at this fabled city--buried beneath a rain of ash and cinder during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD--includes the Porta Marina, one of the best preserved gates to the city, as well as the Forum, tmple of Apollo, and several public walkways and private villas.
language: English
title: Pompeii: Monuments Past and Present
titlecomplete: Pompeii: Monuments Past and Present
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Oxford University Press