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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found

Author Mary Beard

Format Hardcover

Publisher Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Category Ancient History

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Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was -- more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? -- and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. --from publisher description.

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Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780674029767

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