Pompeii (Duckworth Archaeological Histories) (Duckworth Archaeological Histories)
Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Published: February 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780715631614
Subjects: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; BCE to c 500 CE; Europe - Italy; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: World; Italy; Archaeology; History / Europe / General; Ancient - Rome
First sentence: We have heard, my dear Lucilius, that Pompeii, a busy town in Campania, situated where the shore of Sorrento and Stabiae from the one side and from the other the shore of Herculaneum come together and encircle with a beautiful bay the sea where it has been brought in from open waters, has subsided under an earthquake.