Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum

by Paul Roberts

Book Overview

In AD 79, the beautiful Bay of Naples was rocked by the dramatic fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii and Herculaneum--and countless nearby farms, estates, and villages--were completely buried under pumice and super-heated ash. It was arguably the most widely recognized volcanic eruption in recorded history, and the ruins it left behind are our most valuable archaeological record of day-to-day life in the Roman empire.

This magnificently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199987432
• ISBN13: 9780199987436
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.8" x 11.4"