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Dec 16, 2023 · Andrew Frederic Wallace-Hadrill, (born 29 July 1951) is a British ancient historian, classical archaeologist, and academic.He is Professor of Roman Studies and Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.
Mar 29, 2011 · By Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Last updated 2011-03-29 The people of Pompeii were quite unprepared for the eruption of Vesuvius - getting on with their busy lives, in total ignorance of what ...
May 1, 2011 · by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. In ad 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under ash and rock, and leaving them remarkably well preserved for centuries. While Pompeii has been extensively written about and popularized, the remains of its sister city, a smaller yet wealthier community close to the sea, are ...
Jan 2, 2015 · Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. Houses and society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. xx + 224 pages, 8 colour plates, 135 figures, 6 tables. 1994. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press; ISBN 0-691-06987-5 hardback £37.50 & $49.50. - Ray Laurence. Roman Pompeii: space and society. xii+158 pages plates, figures, maps. London: Routledge; ISBN 0-415-09502 ...
ABSTRACT. The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre. This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship.
Feb 28, 2013 · It was decided that a marble arch (Ianus) should be erected in the Circus Flaminius at public expense, positioned by the spot where statues have already been dedicated to Divus Augustus and the Augustan household by G. Norbanus Flaccus, together with gilded images of peoples conquered, and an inscription on the face of that arch stating that the Senate and People of Rome have dedicated this marble monument to the memory of Germanicus Caesar, since he …
May 1, 2011 · Andrew Wallace-Hadrill offers a colorful portrait of what may be perhaps the ancient world's most fascinating city that remains more or less intact to this day. The photographs add yet another dimension to an already captivating narrative, and make the reader feel as if she or he is exploring Herculaneum in person.
