Leisure & luxury in the age of Nero : the villas of Oplontis near Pompeii / edited by Elaine K. Gazda and John R. Clarke ; with the assistance of Lynley J. McAlpine.

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Kelsey Museum publication ; 14.Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 288 pages : illustrations (cheifly color), maps, plans ; 28 cm.ISBN:

9780990662341

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Leisure and luxury in the age of Nero

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DDC classification:

937/.7 23

LOC classification:

DG70.T67 L45 2016

Summary: This heavily illustrated volume, like the exhibition it accompanies, documents the lavish lifestyle of ancient Rome's wealthiest citizens along the Bay of Naples until AD 79, when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried many surrounding towns and villas. The book presents a collection of essays by an international group of scholars who highlight and interpret the archaeological discoveries of both the Italian excavations at Villa A and Oplontis ("Villa") B from 1964 to 1991 and the ongoing Oplontis Project, a collaboration between the Archaeological Superintendency of Pompeii and the University of Texas at Austin since 2006. Many of the authors are members of the Oplontis Project team. The volume also contains a full catalogue of the objects in the exhibition.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TBS Barcelona	DG70.T67 GAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index.

This heavily illustrated volume, like the exhibition it accompanies, documents the lavish lifestyle of ancient Rome's wealthiest citizens along the Bay of Naples until AD 79, when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried many surrounding towns and villas.

The book presents a collection of essays by an international group of scholars who highlight and interpret the archaeological discoveries of both the Italian excavations at Villa A and Oplontis ("Villa") B from 1964 to 1991 and the ongoing Oplontis Project, a collaboration between the Archaeological Superintendency of Pompeii and the University of Texas at Austin since 2006.

Many of the authors are members of the Oplontis Project team. The volume also contains a full catalogue of the objects in the exhibition.