{"product_id":"pompeii-by-professor-mary-beard-9781861975966","title":"Pompeii","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePompeii\u003c\/em\u003e explodes a number of myths – from 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; and the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one, to the massive death count, which was probably less than ten per cent of the population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStreet Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths, these chapter headings give a surprising insight into the workings of a Roman town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the Suburban Baths, we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. A fast-food joint on the Via dell' Abbondanza introduces food and drink and diets and street life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46521606766828,"sku":"9781861975966","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26058163482850.jpg?v=1749017894","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/pompeii-by-professor-mary-beard-9781861975966","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}