Pompeii
BOOK DETAILS
Price: $24.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781861975966
Published: July 2009
This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.
Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; and the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one, to the massive death count which was probably less than ten per cent of the population. Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths, these chapter headings give a surprising insight into the workings of a Roman town. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. A fast-food joint on the Via dell' Abbondanza introduces food and drink and diets and street life. These are just a few of the strands that make up an extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's leading classicist.
Book details and technical specifications
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781861975966
Published: July 2009
Number of pages: 368
Width: 128 mm
Height: 196 mm
Depth: 26 mm
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd