Secrets of Pompeii : Everyday Life in Ancient Rome

by: De Albentiis, E.

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Secrets of Pompeii : everyday life in ancient Rome

Authors:
Emidio De Albentiis, Alfredo Foglia (Photographer), Pio Foglia (Photographer), Luisa Chiap (Editor)

Summary:The remains of the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, have provided invaluable evidence of daily life, not only in Rome's provences, but in its larger urban centres as well.

Contents:
Daily life of the ancient Romans and the reasons it fascinates us
Political, economic, judicial, and religious heart of the city
Elections and election propaganda
Religious reasons and ritual methods for blood sacrifices
Cult of Dionysos and its traces in Pompeii
Sports and physical fitness
Games and gladiators
Day at the Baths
Theater and its genres
Music in dramatic spectacles and in everyday life
Macellum in Pompeii, an example of a multiuse building
Shops, commerce, and artisans' workshops
in the service of Venus : brothels as places of business, pleasure, and the exploitation of slaves
Decoration of houses at Pompeii
Life at home
To die rich : the funeral as status symbol
Plan of Pompeii and location of the principal structures

Secrets of Pompeii : Everyday Life in Ancient Rome

by: De Albentiis, E.

• ISBN-13: 9780892369416 / 978-0-89236-941-6
• ISBN-03: 0892369418 / 0-89236-941-8
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 2009

Price: 44,00 EURO

1 copy in stock