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Pompeii, daily life in an ancient Roman city, Steven L. Tuck

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Pompeii, daily life in an ancient Roman city, Steven L. Tuck

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

Pompeii

Oclc number

667731178

Responsibility statement

Steven L. Tuck

Runtime

720

Series statement

The great courses, ancient historyThe great courses DVD

Sub title

daily life in an ancient Roman city

Summary

In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. Reflections on and of Pompeii -- Geology and geography on the Bay of Naples -- The rediscovery of Vesuvian lands -- Etruscan Pompeii--5th Century B.C. -- Samnite Pompeii--2nd Century B.C. -- Building the Roman colony--80 B.CDisc 2. Villa of the Papyri and life with Piso -- Marriage and mysteries--Rites of Dionysus -- Eumachia, public priestess -- A female slave in Pompeii -- Governing in the 1st Century A.D. -- Games and competition for officesDisc 3. Riot in the amphitheater--A.D. 59 -- The house of the tragic poet -- Pompeii's wool industry -- Pompeii's wine and vineyards -- Earthquake--A.D. 62 -- Rebuilding after the earthquakeDisc 4. Wall paintings in the house of the Vettii -- A Pompeian country club -- Worshipping the emperors at Herculaneum -- Visiting a villa at Stabiae -- Pliny narrates the eruption of Vesuvius -- The Bay of Naples after Vesuvius

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live action

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Daily life in an ancient Roman city

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