Herculaneum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Herculaneum write by Joseph Jay Deiss. This book was released on 1989-09-21. Herculaneum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papyri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled.
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Pompeii and Herculaneum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pompeii and Herculaneum write by Alison E. Cooley. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Pompeii and Herculaneum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse picture of urban life on the Bay of Naples. Focusing upon inscriptions and ancient texts, it translates and sets into context a representative sample of the huge range of source material uncovered in these towns. From the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, and from advertisements for gladiatorial contests to love poetry, the individual chapters explore the early history of Pompeii and Herculaneum, their destruction, leisure pursuits, politics, commerce, religion, the family and society. Information about Pompeii and Herculaneum from authors based in Rome is included, but the great majority of sources come from the cities themselves, written by their ordinary inhabitants – men and women, citizens and slaves. Encorporating the latest research and finds from the two cities and enhanced with more photographs, maps, and plans, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook offers an invaluable resource for anyone studying or visiting the sites.
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum write by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. This book was released on 2022-05-10. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure. Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers? Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant "to live as a Roman."
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum write by Paul Roberts. This book was released on 2013. Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 28 March to 29 September 2013"--T.p. verso.
Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary
Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary write by Sarah Court. This book was released on 2020-02-11. Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume provides a striking account of the life, destruction, rediscovery, and cultural significance of the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum and one of its grandest residences—the House of the Bicentenary. This volume vividly recounts, for general readers, the Roman town of Herculaneum, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE and uniquely preserved for nearly two thousand years. Initial chapters offer an engaging historical overview of the town during antiquity, including the riveting story of its rediscovery in the eighteenth century, excavation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and broad cultural significance in modern times. Subsequent chapters offer an interpretive tour of the ancient town, then focus on one of Herculaneum’s grandest and most beautifully decorated private residences, known as the House of the Bicentenary. Located on the town’s main street, it has a range of features—original rooms, magnificent wall paintings and mosaics, and remarkable documents—that illuminate daily life in the ancient world. Final chapters bring the story up to date, including recent discoveries about the site and its famous papyrus manuscripts, as well as ongoing conservation initiatives.
