ROMANS ON THE BAY OF NAPLES: A Social and Cultural Study of the Villas and Their Owners from 150 B.C. to A.D. 400
by D'Arms, John H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0674779258
- ISBN 13
- 9780674779259
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Drawing on all available types of ancient evidence - literary, inscriptional, and archaeological - Mr. D'Arms systematically reconstructs the details of Roman social life in the Bay of Naples. He identifies the Romans who owned coastal properties in Campania and recounts, as fully as the evidence permits, their activities while vacationing there." Octavo: xix, 252 with 15 illustrations and 2 maps. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75781
- Title
- ROMANS ON THE BAY OF NAPLES: A Social and Cultural Study of the Villas and Their Owners from 150 B.C. to A.D. 400
- Author
- D'Arms, John H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674779258
- ISBN 13
- 9780674779259
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Ancient History, Rome, Roman Empire, Naples, Italy, Archaeology, Classical Studies
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About the Seller
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Covina, California
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