Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town Book + PRICE WATCH

Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town Book

Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town.Read More

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    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.

  • 1861975961
  • 9781861975966
  • Mary Beard
  • 16 July 2009
  • Profile Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
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