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Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, “Herculaneum Uncovered” (Open Agenda, 2021)

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Herculeneum - The Villa of Papyri

Herculaneum was interesting to me almost solely because of the villa of papyri. I thought, while there could be all these, we know that so muchof of ancient literature was lost. This could be a place where there's a lot more that we can find. It hasn't been fully explored. There are other possibilities. You've got an insight into how roman business life worked, which is so precious. We have lots of comments onon how the law ought to be workingen. But actually to see it in action on the ground, you suddenly understand that the roman legal system matters to ordinary people in a very profound way. That's exactly what i

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