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Pompeis Difficile est - Studies in the Political Life of Imperial Pompeii (Hardcover)
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Pompeis Difficile est - Studies in the Political Life of Imperial Pompeii (Hardcover)
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In describing the intensity of political life in ancient Pompeii,
Cicero remarks, "at Pompeii it's difficult" ("Pompeis difficile
est"). Drawing on thousands of fragmentary writings--campaign
posters, graffiti, inscriptions, and business receipts--recovered
in the excavations of lava- and mud-covered Pompeii, James L.
Franklin assembles evidence from the eras of emperors Augustus
through Vespasian to prove the validity of Cicero's
statement.
By collecting, sifting, and cross-referencing these varied
documents, Franklin proves it possible to trace the major political
alliances of the times, explore the remains of their houses, and
find traces of their personalities. A few families, like the
powerful Holconii, developers of the region's most famous grape
vine, prove to have been steady players throughout Pompeii's
history; but most families rose and fell within two generations at
most. Chapters examine the men and families most prominent in each
imperial period, including an analysis of their houses, and
concludes with family trees. The documents themselves, elsewhere
difficult to access, are prominently featured and translated in the
text, making these discussions available and vivid to all
readers.
This book is the first such attempt to cross-reference and animate
all kinds of writing found at this legendary site. Outside of the
city of Rome itself, this is the largest collection of writing from
Roman antiquity, and it has lain mostly unexamined in the course of
three centuries of excavations at Pompeii. This volume will
interest not only students of Pompeii and classical scholars, but
also historians, political scientists, sociologists, and
enthusiasts of human behavior of all eras.
James L. Franklin is Professor of Classical Studies, Indiana
University.
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