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Websites
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Anglo-American Project in Pompeii
www.brad.ac.uk/archsci/field_proj/anampomp/
From the Bradford (University) Pompeii Research Laboratory. Information
on excavations carried out on one city block in Pompeii. Also details
of the project's field school, where paying students can spend the summer
excavating under supervision.
The History of Plumbing: Pompeii and Herculaneum
www.theplumber.com/pom.html
Interesting article on a topic that might not immediately come to
mind.
Inscriptions from Pompeii
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/
pompeii-inscriptions.html
From the excellent Ancient History Sourcebook, here are 31 wall inscriptions
and two from wax tablets.
Marriage in Ancient Rome
http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lion
/373/roman/roman.html
Concise site that includes a good article on marriage plus some primary
sources, a bibliography and links.
Religion in Pompeii
http://metamedia.stanford.edu/traumwerk/
index.php/Religion%20in%20Pompeii
Information on and illustrations of the evidence for religion in Pompeii, including the imperial cult, mystery cults and Christianity.
The Roman Empire in the 1st Century
www.pbs.org/empires/romans/
Extremely good overview of the empire from PBS (US educational television).
Sulpicii
http://lhpc.arts.kuleuven.ac.be
/archives_folder/Sulpicii.html
Academic description of the Sulpicii tablets from the Catholic University
of Leuven.
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii
www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/rome/
empire/vm/villaofthemysteries.html
An examination of all the frescoes in the villa and an attempt to
interpret them, by Professor Emeritus James Jackson.
Books
Augustan Rome by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Bristol Classical Press,
1993) £8.99
Overview of the period when Augustus ruled.
City and Country in the Ancient World edited by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
and J W Rich (Routledge, 1992) £19.99
This volume of papers by archaeologists and historians seeks to bring
together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship
and its impact on social, political, economic and cultural conditions
in classical antiquity.
Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire edited by Ray Laurence and
Joanne Berry (Routledge, 2001) £15.99
This diverse collection of papers progresses from the foundation of Cyrene
(in modern Libya) in 631 BC to post-Roman Wales. Common themes include:
the relationships between identity, material culture and territory; how
imperial societies destroy, reshape and create new identities for their
subjects; and the importance of breaking down generalisations such as
Roman/barbarian or coloniser/colonised.
Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
(Princeton University Press, 1996) £14.50
This technical book is demanding for the non-specialist, but it is well
written and illustrated and repays the effort required. Anyone interested
in the use of living space in Pompeii and Herculaneum will find it fascinating.
Isis in the Ancient World by R E Witt (Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1997) £14
Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 BC and
spread throughout the Roman world. The importance of the Isis cult and
evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan
and Portugal, the Black Sea and northern England.
Pompeii by Salvatore Nappo (Weidenfeld, 1998) £20
A guide to Pompeii, suitable for use by travellers to the site, describing
each building in the city, complete with photographs and maps.
Pompeii: An architectural history by L Richardson (Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1997) £20.50
After a general introduction to the city's history and geography, the
book proceeds through the four major building periods. Each of Pompeii's
public and private buildings and tombs is described and placed according
to its importance in the development of its particular architectural form.
Pompeii is portrayed in context, as a keystone in the architectural history
of antiquity.
Pompeii: Public and private life by Paul Zanker, translated by
Deborah Lucas Schneider (Harvard University Press, 1999) £14.50
This book traces the urban images that marked Pompeii's development from
country town to Roman imperial city, and explains the significance of
the layout, decor and architectural detail of the private houses.
The Roman Cultural Revolution edited by Thomas Habinek and Alessandro
Schiesaro (Cambridge University Press, 1997) £42.50
This book places culture centre-stage in the investigation of the transformation
of Rome from republic to empire, and is the first to attempt to understand
the so-called Roman Revolution as a cultural phenomenon.
Roman Pompeii: Space and society by Ray Laurence (Routledge, 1996)
£17.99
Examines Pompeii as a city rather than as a series of archaeological fragments,
emphasising the relationship between social action and urban space.
Suetonius: The scholar and his caesars by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
(Bristol Classical Press, new ed 1995) £14.99
Sets the historian's career and his method of dealing with his subject
matter in the context of Roman society in the early empire.
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