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Pompeii The Life Of A Roman Town by Mary Beard

In this award-winning history, Mary Beard guides us through the daily life of Pompeii – an existence that is far more complex than we might have realised. Digging beneath the myths and assumptions, Beard reveals a place of contradictions. Contrary to popular assumption, the inhabitants were warned about the volcano; the town was semi-evacuated when it was engulfed. Only 17 years earlier Pompeii had been rocked by a catastrophic earthquake, from which it was still recovering. A wealthy, multi-cultural town, Pompeii had made a fortune in fish sauce, perhaps the least appetising of condiments. It was a place devoted to the pleasures of life, where statues of gods and phalluses were equally popular. We find that the poorest inhabitants had no kitchens or sanitation, yet the sophisticated street design featured traffic-calming measures, advertising billboards and even a congestion zone. By providing a fresh interpretation of the graffiti on the walls, Beard even lets the Pompeiians speak: ‘Ladicula’s a thief ‘, ‘Atimetus got me pregnant’. Lively, exciting and accessible, this book brings us as close as possible to the real Pompeii.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2013
• Three Quarter Cloth With Printed Paper Front Cover Hardback, 378 pp
• Contains 32 pages of colour plates
• Size 250 x 175mm, 1.5kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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