Guest Lecturer to Portray Roman Citizen at MC
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Bernard Barcio will present a lecture on ancient
Pompeii at Monmouth College April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Auditorium. His
presentation, which is free to the public, is entitled “Marcus Loreius Tiburtinus: Citizen of
Pompeii.”
Barcio, who is the president of Pompeiana, Inc., in Indianapolis,
Ind., will portray Marcus, a wealthy citizen of Pompeii during the first-century A.D. Barcio
will vividly discuss all aspects of daily life in the bustling, crossroads town of Campania.
Family, religion, politics, slavery, economics, hygiene, entertainment, education,
superstitions and many other topics will be touched on as a very believable picture is
presented to the audience.
Marcus appears as living during the eighth year of the Emperor
Vespasian just prior to the fatal eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. He wears the clothing and footwear
of a wealthy citizen, complete with a brightly colored tunic, decorated with gold appliques
and a toga praetexta.
Released
by the Office of College Communications
Barry McNamara, Associate Director of College Communications
Phone: 309-457-2117
Fax: 309-457-2330
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