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The Resource Pompeii : daily life in an ancient Roman city, Steven L. Tuck

Pompeii : daily life in an ancient Roman city, Steven L. Tuck

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In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
Full screen version.
Extent
4 videodiscs (720 min.)
Note
  • "This course features 3-D animation, on-site video clips, reconstructive drawings, detailed maps, and specially commissioned artwork"--From publisher's website
  • Course guidebook includes lecture transcripts, outline and notes, a timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography
  • Course no. 3742
Contents
  • Disc 1. Reflections on and of Pompeii -- Geology and geography on the Bay of Naples -- The rediscovery of Vesuvian lands -- Etruscan Pompeii--5th Century B.C. -- Samnite Pompeii--2nd Century B.C. -- Building the Roman colony--80 B.C
  • Disc 2. Villa of the Papyri and life with Piso -- Marriage and mysteries--Rites of Dionysus -- Eumachia, public priestess -- A female slave in Pompeii -- Governing in the 1st Century A.D. -- Games and competition for offices
  • Disc 3. Riot in the amphitheater--A.D. 59 -- The house of the tragic poet -- Pompeii's wool industry -- Pompeii's wine and vineyards -- Earthquake--A.D. 62 -- Rebuilding after the earthquake
  • Disc 4. Wall paintings in the house of the Vettii -- A Pompeian country club -- Worshipping the emperors at Herculaneum -- Visiting a villa at Stabiae -- Pliny narrates the eruption of Vesuvius -- The Bay of Naples after Vesuvius
Isbn
9781598036770
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Label
Pompeii : daily life in an ancient Roman city
Title
Pompeii
Title remainder
daily life in an ancient Roman city
Statement of responsibility
Steven L. Tuck
Title variation
Daily life in an ancient Roman city
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Contributor
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Language
eng
Summary
In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries
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videorecording
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Tuck, Steven L
Dewey number
937/.7256807
PerformerNote
Lecturer: Professor Steven L. Tuck, Miami University
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Teaching Company
Runtime
720
Series statement
  • The great courses, ancient history
  • The great courses DVD
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  • Pompeii (Extinct city)
  • Pompeii (Extinct city)
  • Pompeii (Extinct city)
Technique
live action
Label
Pompeii : daily life in an ancient Roman city, Steven L. Tuck
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "This course features 3-D animation, on-site video clips, reconstructive drawings, detailed maps, and specially commissioned artwork"--From publisher's website
  • Course guidebook includes lecture transcripts, outline and notes, a timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography
  • Course no. 3742
Accompanying material
1 course guidebook (vi, 107 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 1. Reflections on and of Pompeii -- Geology and geography on the Bay of Naples -- The rediscovery of Vesuvian lands -- Etruscan Pompeii--5th Century B.C. -- Samnite Pompeii--2nd Century B.C. -- Building the Roman colony--80 B.C
  • Disc 2. Villa of the Papyri and life with Piso -- Marriage and mysteries--Rites of Dionysus -- Eumachia, public priestess -- A female slave in Pompeii -- Governing in the 1st Century A.D. -- Games and competition for offices
  • Disc 3. Riot in the amphitheater--A.D. 59 -- The house of the tragic poet -- Pompeii's wool industry -- Pompeii's wine and vineyards -- Earthquake--A.D. 62 -- Rebuilding after the earthquake
  • Disc 4. Wall paintings in the house of the Vettii -- A Pompeian country club -- Worshipping the emperors at Herculaneum -- Visiting a villa at Stabiae -- Pliny narrates the eruption of Vesuvius -- The Bay of Naples after Vesuvius
Control code
886577
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Full screen version.
Extent
4 videodiscs (720 min.)
Isbn
9781598036770
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
3742
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781598036770
  • (OCoLC)667731178
System details
DVD ; full screen presentation
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Pompeii : daily life in an ancient Roman city, Steven L. Tuck
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "This course features 3-D animation, on-site video clips, reconstructive drawings, detailed maps, and specially commissioned artwork"--From publisher's website
  • Course guidebook includes lecture transcripts, outline and notes, a timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography
  • Course no. 3742
Accompanying material
1 course guidebook (vi, 107 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Disc 1. Reflections on and of Pompeii -- Geology and geography on the Bay of Naples -- The rediscovery of Vesuvian lands -- Etruscan Pompeii--5th Century B.C. -- Samnite Pompeii--2nd Century B.C. -- Building the Roman colony--80 B.C
  • Disc 2. Villa of the Papyri and life with Piso -- Marriage and mysteries--Rites of Dionysus -- Eumachia, public priestess -- A female slave in Pompeii -- Governing in the 1st Century A.D. -- Games and competition for offices
  • Disc 3. Riot in the amphitheater--A.D. 59 -- The house of the tragic poet -- Pompeii's wool industry -- Pompeii's wine and vineyards -- Earthquake--A.D. 62 -- Rebuilding after the earthquake
  • Disc 4. Wall paintings in the house of the Vettii -- A Pompeian country club -- Worshipping the emperors at Herculaneum -- Visiting a villa at Stabiae -- Pliny narrates the eruption of Vesuvius -- The Bay of Naples after Vesuvius
Control code
886577
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Full screen version.
Extent
4 videodiscs (720 min.)
Isbn
9781598036770
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
3742
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781598036770
  • (OCoLC)667731178
System details
DVD ; full screen presentation
Video recording format
DVD

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