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Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (Reprint Edition) by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-691-02909-1 / 0691029091 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-02909-2 / 9780691029092 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 ill |