"Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans is superbly out of the ordinary. John Clarke's significant and intriguing book takes stock of a half-century of lively discourse on the art ...

In this fresh, accessible, and beautifully illustrated book, his third to examine an aspect of Roman visual culture, John R. Clarke explores the question, "What made Romans ...

"Thanks to this volume, the reader can visit the Roman houses of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Oplontis, and Rome that display superb Roman frescoes on their walls ... An ...

Accompanying CD-ROM contains "The house of the Vettii, Pompeii, an interactive visit."

There is no doubt that we are entering the final stages of the history of this world. Lawlessness abounds, terrorism is on the increase, and wars and rumors of war abound ...