Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum

Name: Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
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ISBN: 9780691029092

ISBN-10: 0691029091

ISBN-13: 9780691029092

Edition: 1994

Authors: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

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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…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/28/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.56" wide x 9.96" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



List of Plates


List of Figures and Tables


Preface


Note on Form of References to Houses



The Social Structure of The Roman House



Reading the Roman House



The Language of Public and Private



The Articulation of the House



Sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum



Houses and Urban Texture



Houses and Households



Houses and Trade



Luxury and Status



Epilogue



List of Houses Surveyed


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index