Name: The World of Pompeii By Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)
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The World of Pompeii by Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)

Comprehensive, well illustrated chapters written by experts in their field. This important site has not received such a full and in-depth treatment for over a hundred years

Will be instrumental in teaching about the city in the ancient world. There is no finer site to illustrate the complexities of the Roman city

This book will be a one volume reference for all aspects of Pompeii, from architecture, building techniques, art, social structure and Pompeii's relationship with the surrounding country side

Free CD-ROM containing the most comprehensive map of Pompeii and its environs available

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'The editors' ... modest hope that The World of Pompeii will serve as an updated variation on the themes of August Mau's Pompeii: Its Life and Art is no preparation for the wealth of information presented here, not to mention access to the thoughts and work of many leading Pompeii scholars from the eighteenth century onwards.' - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

About Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)

John J. Dobbins is Professor of Classical Art & Archaeology at the University of Virginia, USA Pedar Foss is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of DePauw, USA

Part 1: Beginnings 1. An Orientation to the Cities and Countryside 2. History and Historical Sources 3. Rediscovery and Resurrection 4. The Environmental and Geomorphological Context 5. Recent Work on Early Pompeii 6. The First Sanctuaries 7. Early Urban Development 8. Building Materials, Construction Methods, and Chronologies. Appendix: A Note on Roman Concrete (Opus Caementicium) and Other Wall Construction Part 2: The Community 9. Development of Pompeii's Public Landscape in the Roman Period 10. Urban Planning, Roads, Streets and Neighborhood 11. The Walls and Gates 12. The Forum and its Dependencies 13. Urban, Suburban and Rural Religion in the Roman Period 14. Amphitheatre, Palaestra, and Entertainment Complexes 15. The City Baths 16. The Water System - Supply and Drainage Part 3: Housing 17. Domestic Spaces and Activities 18. The Development of the Campanian House 19. Instrumentum Domesticum - A Case Study 20. Domestic Decoration. Paintings and the 'Four Styles' 21. Domestic Decoration. Mosaics and Stucco 22. Real and Painted (Imitation) Marble at Pompeii 23. Houses of Regions I and II 24. Regions V and IX. Early Anonymous Domestic Architecture 25. The Creation of the House of the Vestals (VI16-8) 26. Rooms with a View. Residences Built on Terraces (Regions VI-VIII) 27. Residences in Herculaneum 28. Villas Surrounding Pompeii and Herculaneum Part 4: Society and Economy 29. Shops and Industries 30. Inns and Taverns 31. Gardens 32. The Loss of Innocence. Pompeian Economy and Society 33. Epigraphy and Society 34. Pompeian Women 35. The Lives of Slaves 36. Pompeian Men and Women in Portrait Sculpture 37. The Tombs at Pompeii 38. Victims of the Cataclysm 39. Early Published Sources for Pompeii

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GOR008807542

ISBN 13

9780415475778

ISBN 10

0415475775

Title

The World of Pompeii by Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)

Author

Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)

Series

Routledge Worlds

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

20080617

Number of pages

662

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The World of Pompeii Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)

The World of Pompeii by Pedar Foss (DePauw University, USA)

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