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Excerpt from Pompeji, the New Excavations (Houses and Inhabitants) The name of this Pompeian had been previously found, scratched on the wall to the-right 'of N° 24 in the next block. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Based on the 4-volume work originally edited by the Niccolinis and published in Naples 1854-1896.
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."
Excerpt from Pompei Past and Present: Herculaneum and National-Museum The object of this work is to give the general reader a popular idea of what Pompeii was before it was destroyed by the great eruption. Few people of the many thousands who annually visit the city have the time or the books necessary to enable them to understand what they see in the course of a morning's walk through the ruins, and we believe that to such, a work of this kind will be a real boon, by giving them a definite idea of the town such as they cannot obtain in the course of a cursory visit. Nor will those who have not seen the city, and whose knowledge of it is confined to that charming work 'the Last Days of Pompeii, ' fail to enjoy a study of the localities which will enable. Them to realise the scenes where the dramatic incidents of that interest ing book are laid. It should always be remembered, and it is nearly always forgotten, that although Pompeii was destroyed in a day, it was not built in one. It contains specimens of architecture as early at least as 500 b.c., and though its houses have to a certain extent all assumed the type of the Roman habitations of the day, because the city was rebuilt after the earthquake which occurred in 63 a.d., sixteen years before the eruption, signs are not wanting of the massive stonework of the Etruscan age, with which. The excavations near Florence have made all travellers familiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This profusely illustrated volume, the latest instalment in Thames & Hudson's bestselling Complete series, is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and authoritative account of the most important archaeological site in the world. Nine chapters cover the rise and fall of Pompeii and all aspects of its life, including reconstructions of the daily lives of the town's inhabitants, the dramatic story of Pompeii's destruction through the words of Roman writers and the spectacular remains of volcanic debris and damage. It is sure to become the standard account for tourist, traveller, student and scholar alike.