An Introduction to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum

by Rex E. Wallace

This edition is a representative selection of the various types of inscriptions, from political manifestos to gladiatorial announcements, found in the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. These inscriptions, painted and incised on the walls of public and private buildings, document aspects of daily life in the first century A.D. Inscriptions, particularly graffiti, were often written by less educated members of society, and as such provide a rare glimpse of common Latin. Also Rome and Her Essays on the City and Literature of Rome in Honor of Katherine A. Geffcken - ISBN 0865164576
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Genres: History

159 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2003

Reviews

[Victor Sonkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent account of wall inscriptions. It is a scholarly book, but whatever can be gleaned from it apart from its essentially scholarly context is brilliant.