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Pompeii - The Life of a Roman Town (Paperback, Main)
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Pompeii - The Life of a Roman Town (Paperback, Main)
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List price R320
Loot Price R283
Discovery Miles 2 830
You Save R37 (12%)
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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most
controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the
Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura
Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion
of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday
life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the
challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding
many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months
later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must
have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels,
most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than
ten per cent of the population. An extraordinary and involving
portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing
re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist.
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