PREVIEW: POMPEII: VESUVIUS: Emma Southon, author of "A Rome of One's Own," tells the keen-eyed success of an independent restaurateur, Julia Felix, who likely perished in the eruption, fleeing too late. More tonight.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 1 January 2025
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| 1:01.2 | her book, A Rome of One's Own, the forgotten women of the Roman Empire. This time, Julia Felix, a |
| 1:07.6 | entrepreneur, small business owner in Pompey. |
| 1:11.5 | She lost her life with the Vesuvius explosion. |
| 1:15.4 | We believe that we found her body inside her complex. |
| 1:19.6 | But Emma's describing what you could say was a high-end restaurant for those who were not rich, |
| 1:26.7 | but wanted to spend a night being rich. |
| 1:29.6 | This is Emma Southern, Julia Felix, though women of the Roman Empire were said to |
| 1:34.9 | not be able to own property or take care of their own affairs, they always had to assign |
| 1:40.8 | into a father, a brother brother and uncle, a husband. |
| 1:47.0 | Julia Felix is alone and runs this establishment, |
| 1:50.2 | a beautiful establishment that's there in Pompey today. |
| 1:55.2 | Emma Southern on Julia Felix, nearly 2,000 years gone. |
| 2:01.8 | I think it's more commonplace than the written sources would allow you to believe. |
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