Houses and society in Pompeii and Herculaneum / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).

Material culture.

Architecture, Domestic--Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture, Domestic--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).

Material culture--Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Herculaneum (Extinct city)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Herculaneum (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.

Pompeii (Extinct city)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Pompeii (Extinct city).

Pompeii (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]

Summary:

Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure. Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers? Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant "to live as a Roman."

Contents:

Appendix: List of Houses Surveyed

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Cover Page

Half-title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of Plates

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Note on Form of References to Houses

Part I. The Social Structure of the Roman House

Chapter 1. Reading the Roman House

Chapter 2. The Language of Public and Private

Chapter 3. The Articulation of the House

Part II. Sampling Pompeii and Herculaneum

Chapter 4. Houses and Urban Texture

Chapter 5. Houses and Households

Chapter 6. Houses and Trade

Chapter 7. Luxury and Status

Chapter 8. Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-240) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691244150

0691244154

OCLC:

1309052215