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Anglo-American Project in Pompeii
www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/Pompeii/
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.
Mystery Cults of Pompeii
www.met.ed.ac.uk/~stephan/en/archaeo
/Pompeii-mysterien.html
Academic paper that asks to what extent does the archaeological evidence inform
us about beliefs and practices in oriental and mystery cults – in particular,
the cults of Isis and Dionysus.
The Roman Empire in the 1st Century
www.pbs.org/empires/romans/about/experts.html
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
http://jcccnet.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/villa.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.