Ebook: Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Author: Beard Mary
- Tags: Histoire, History, History--Rome, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Rome, Pompeii (Extinct city), Ressources Internet, History -- Rome, Manners and customs -- Rome, Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- City: Italy;Pompeii (Extinct city
- Language: English
- epub
Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; and the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one, to the massive death count which was probably less than ten per cent of the population.
Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths, these chapter headings give a surprising insight into the workings of a Roman town. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. A fast-food joint on the Via dell? Abbondanza introduces food and drink and diets and street life. These are just a few of the strands that make up an extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's leading classicist.