Pompeii : the life of a Roman town
Beard, Mary2010
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The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have in everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book by Britain's best known classicist rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains as well as exploding many myths.
Main title:
Pompeii : the life of a Roman town / Mary Beard.
Author:
Beard, Mary, author
Imprint:
London : Profile, 2010
Collation:
360 pages [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, ports ; 20 cm.
Notes:
TV tie-in.Originally published: 2008.
ISBN:
9781846684715 (pbk)
Dewey class:
937.7937.7937.06937
Local class:
937.7
Language:
English
BRN:
1913878
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