Pompeii : daily life in an ancient Roman city

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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 unpr...

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Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Other Authors: Tuck, Steven L.
Format: DVD
Language:English
Published: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2010]
Series:Great courses (DVD). Ancient & medieval history.
Subjects:
Pompeii (Extinct city) > History.
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Civilization.
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Antiquities.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
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.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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