Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: Profile Books
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- Ano: 2010
- ISBN: 9781846684715
- Número de páginas: 368
- Capa: Brochado
Sinopse
Mary Beard uses the relics buried by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius on AD79 to bring everyday Roman culture alive.
Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; and the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one, to the massive death count which was probably less than ten per cent of the population. …
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