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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town [Audiobook]

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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town [Audiobook]

Mary Beard, Phyllida Nash (Narrator) , "Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town"
ISBN: n/a, ASIN: B005AZR5OO | 2010 | MP3@47 kbps | ~12:39:00 | 262 MB

Pompeii explodes a number of myths - among them, the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; and the death count, which was probably less than ten per cent of the population. These are just a few of the strands that make up an extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's leading classicist.