Pompeii : the history, life and art of the buried city
/ Edited by Marisa Ranieri Panetta
- Italy : White Star , 2004
- 415 p. : illus. ; 37 cm
Index included
Preface / Stefano De Caro, Pietro Giovanni Guzzo, Valeria Sampaolo Introduction / Marisa Ranieri Panetta The discovery and history of Pompeii / Pietro Giovanni Guzzo Public life / Elio Lo Cascio Religious life / Stefania Adamo Muscettola Commcercial life / Eliodoro Savino, Marina Taliercio, Antonio Varone Private life /Alfredina Storchi Marino, Marisa Ranieri Panetta, Antonio Varone, Antonio D'Ambrosio Lifestyles / Ernesto De Carolis, Stefania Adamo Muscettola, Valeria Sampaolo, Annamaria Ciarallo Oplontis / Stefano De Caro Mount Vesuvius and the eruption / Antonio Varone, Ernesto De Carolis Chronology / Marisa Raniera Panetta
Presents an overview of the ancient city, using the latest archaeological findings to examine different aspects of the religious. commercial, civic and private life of its citizens.