Dr Jess Venner: The Lost Voices of Pompeii

Thursday 12 November, 6:15pm, Derby QUAD, DE1 3AS

This event is organised in partnership with Derbyshire Classical Association

Dr Jess Venner is an award-winning ancient historian and archaeologist whose latest book explores the final day in the fated city of Pompeii through the lives of seven citizens from all strata of society.  

She vividly recreating the final hours before the eruption, reminding us exactly what – and who – was lost in 79 AD.

We all know the story of Pompeii. Or do we?

Amongst four others from all strata of society, we meet Julia Felix, a successful female entrepreneur defying Roman convention; Petrinus, a slave grappling with his future after gaining his freedom; and politician Gaius Cuspius Pansa, who cements his power and prestige by hosting the gladiatorial games at the amphitheatre.

Jess was a consultant for the BBC documentary Pompeii: The New Dig.

'Delightful … Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times

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Photography credit: Sunny Dhaliwal