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    Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

    By Prof Mary Beard (Profile Books, 2008)

    Professor Mary Beard explodes many of the myths that surround Pompeii – from the date of the eruption and the hygiene of the public baths, to the number of brothels and the

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