The Last Days of Pompeii (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- First Published: 1834
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 79 c.e.
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Power, personal or social, Prisoners, Murder or homicide, Slavery or slaves, Good and evil, Corruption, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, Priests, Volcanoes
- Locales: Pompeii
Places Discussed
*Pompeii. Ancient southern Italian city populated by Greeks and Italians until it was occupied by Rome during the wars that united Italy under Roman rule. In the first century b.c.e., the Roman general Sulla established a colony for his veterans on land near Pompeii that he and his army had taken from his enemies during the last days of the Roman Republic. The long-term effect of the Roman conquest of the Italian peninsula was the progressive decline of local cultures as Roman customs and culture became dominant. Although remnants of Greek and other cultures...
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