Pompeii
Subtitle: the life of a Roman town
By: Mary Beard.
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781861975164
Subjects: Pompeii (Extinct city); Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C; Rome -- Social life and customs
Description: Destroyed by Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of what life was like during the reign of the Roman Empire. In this book, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains, painting an exhaustive portrait of an ancient town.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index.