Houses and society in Pompeii and Herculaneum /
"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 th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1994.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pt. 1. The social structure of the Roman house: Reading the Roman house
- The language of public and private
- The articulation of the house. pt. 2. Sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum: Houses and urban texture
- Houses and households
- Houses and trade
- Luxury and status. Appendix: List of houses surveyed.