Includes bibliographical references and index

Originally published: 2008

Contents; Plan of Pompeii; Introduction; Chapter 1 Living in an Old City; Chapter 2 Street Life; Chapter 3 House and Home; Chapter 4 Painting and Decorating; Chapter 5 Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker; Chapter 6 Who Ran the City?; Chapter 7 The Pleasures of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths; Chapter 8 Fun and Games; Chapter 9 A City Full of Gods; Epilogue; Making a Visit; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of what life was like during the Roman Empire. In this book, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains, painting an exhaustive portrait of an ancient town

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2008