Herculaneum : Italy's Buried Treasure

Name: Herculaneum : Italy's Buried Treasure
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ISBN: 9780060153762

ISBN-10: 0060153768

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Preface to the Revised Edition	p. ix
Foreword to the Revised Edition	p. x
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Chronology: Period of Herculaneum	p. xiv
Life of a Roman Town	p. 1
Origins and Legends	p. 5
Death of a Roman Town	p. 10
The Long Sleep, and Resurrection	p. 24
Treasure Revealed--The Great Dig	p. 32
House of the Rich Patricians	p. 40
Roman Luxury--The Villa of the Papyri	p. 60
Houses of the "Poor" Patricians	p. 83
Story of a Roman Lawsuit	p. 98
Houses of the Middle Class	p. 103
The Plebs--Houses and Shops	p. 114
The Baths--Everybody's Club	p. 133
Sports--The Palaestra	p. 149
The Basilica--A Roman Courthouse	p. 154
Curtain Time--The Theater	p. 167
Main Street and the Forum Area	p. 182
The Dead Reveal Their Lives	p. 189
Antiquity's Treasure Troves	p. 197
A Note of Thanks	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 212
Index	p. 217
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