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Economics 315

Monday, January 21

Naples and Sorrento

pompeii couple

Today we travel to Sorrento with an afternoon stop at Naples famed National Archaeological Museum, which houses many of the most interesting finds from Pompeii and Heculaneum.

Discussion Articles

Barlow, Charles T., “The Roman Government and the Roman Economy, 92-80 B.C.,” American Journal of Philology 101 (Summer 1980), 202-219

D’Arms, John H., “Romans on the Bay of Naples: A Social and Cultural Study of the Villas and their owners form 150 B.C. to A.D. 400,” Harvard University Press, 1970, Chapter 5: The Bay of Naples in the Imperial Age

Hughes, Donald, "The Environment: Life, Land, and Sea in the Mediterranean Region," Chapter 2 in Pan's Travail: Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, Johns Hopkins University, 1994

Purcell, N., “Wine and Wealth in Ancient Italy,” The Journal of Roman Studies, 75 (1985), 1-19

 

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Photo gallery of the National Archaeological Museum collection in Naples