Table of Contents

Introduction
The disaster
Vesuvius
Discovery and excavation
Aerial view of the excavations
The town and its history
The forum
The streets and water supply
People and accommodation
Inside the insula
Houses
Construction and decoration
The entrance
The reception rooms 1: the atrium
The reception rooms 2: the tablinum
The kitchen and toilet
The dining room
Dinner parties
The bedrooms
Furniture, lighting and heating
The garden
Private baths
The street
The commercial life of Pompeii
The shops
Bars and taverns
The bakers
The fullers and launderers
The public baths 1
The public baths 2
The public baths 3
The theatre
The amphitheatre
In the arena
Maps
Glossary
Index

About the Author

Peter Connolly was a renowed British scholar of the ancient world, Greek, and Roman military equipment historian, reconstructional archaeologist, and illustrator. He was awarded an honorary research fellowship at the Institute of Archaeology of the University College London.

Reviews

'Pompeii has superb illustrations, combined with a sparse text that packs an enormous amount of scholarly information, presented in a way that is understandable and accessible to the YA reader. ... for the YA reader interested in what has actually been discovered there, and how those discoveries illustrate the daily life of Romans, this book is probably the best place to begin.'
John Rosser, Boston College MA. Kliatt, Nov '94

'Pompeii has superb illustrations, combined with a sparse text that packs an enormous amount of scholarly information, presented in a way that is understandable and accessible to the YA reader. ... for the YA reader interested in what has actually been discovered there, and how those discoveries illustrate the daily life of Romans, this book is probably the best place to begin.' John Rosser, Boston College MA. Kliatt, Nov '94