Pompeii
Subtitle: daily life in an ancient Roman city
By: Steven L. Tuck
Contributors: Teaching Company
Series: The great courses, ancient history; The great courses (DVD); Great courses (DVD); Great courses (DVD)
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9781565855755; 9781598036770
Subjects: Civilization; Antiquities; History
Other titles: Daily life in an ancient Roman city
Description: 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.
Notes: "This course features 3-D animation, on-site video clips, reconstructive drawings, detailed maps, and specially commissioned artwork"--Publisher's Web site.

Course guidebook includes lecture transcripts, outline and notes, a timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.

Lecturer: Professor Steven L. Tuck, Miami University.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Reflections on and of Pompeii; title: Geology and geography on the Bay of Naples; title: The rediscovery of Vesuvian lands; title: Etruscan Pompeii; title: 5th Century B.C.; title: Samnite Pompeii; title: 2nd Century B.C.; title: Building the Roman colony; title: 80 B.C.; title: Disc 2. Villa of the Papyri and life with Piso; title: Marriage and mysteries; title: Rites of Dionysus; title: Eumachia, public priestess; title: A female slave in Pompeii; title: Governing in the 1st Century A.D.; title: Games and competition for offices.; title: Disc 3. Riot in the amphitheater; title: A.D. 59; title: The house of the tragic poet; title: Pompeii's wool industry; title: Pompeii's wine and vineyards; title: Earthquake; title: A.D. 62; title: Rebuilding after the earthquake.; title: Disc 4. Wall paintings in the house of the Vettii; title: A Pompeian country club; title: Worshipping the emperors at Herculaneum; title: Visiting a villa at Stabiae; title: Pliny narrates the eruption of Vesuvius; title: The Bay of Naples after Vesuvius.