Pompeii daily life in an ancient Roman city

Tuck, Steven L.

DVD 2010

In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, 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.

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Pompeii (Extinct city) Antiquities

Pompeii (Extinct city) Civilization

Pompeii (Extinct city) History

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ISBN:

1598036777

Description:

4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm)
107 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm + 4 videodiscs (720 min.)
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Course 3742
Course guidebook includes lecture transcripts, outline and notes, a timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography
1 course guidebook and 4 DVDs containing 24 lectures / 30 min. each
DVD

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.C.
disc 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 offices
disc 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 earthquake
disc 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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876846

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978159803677

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