Pompeii and Herculaneum Economic life: The amphitheatre: The amphitheatre was built in 70bc by the magistrates to provide entertainment for the people of Pompeii. The Pompeii amphitheatre is the oldest surviving amphitheatre in the Roman world. The capacity was 24000 and because seats were numbered‚ only the most important people of Pompeii would be allowed to sit at the front. The amphitheatre was mainly used for games that lasted a week and were funded by the magistrates. While entering the
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Where is Herculaneum located? What happened to the city? It is in Rome‚ near Pompeii. Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? It is important because archeaologists know so many different things about it like what their diet was‚ how they lived and how they made their money‚ and so many little details. They have many different aspects and can put them together to make a society. It gives archeologists a big idea on how societies were back then. What are some of the challenges that
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reunion for Temple‚ I will be able to say that I moved to Los Angeles‚ California and obtained a master’s degree at UCLA. I will share all the wonderful memories that I developed in sunny California. I will write of my research done in the medical field that have helped to create more unique prosthetics. I will also share my accomplishments with the LGBT community in helping to legalize gay marriage in America. These are two great personal goals that I am going to accomplish with help of Temple University
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Symphony Analysis Bars 1-16 In this essay I will be writing about the opening first 16 bars of the Mozart Symphony Jupiter (K551)‚ starting off in C major‚ common time. [1] The opening bar introduces the first Antecedent idea‚ consisting of an octave C in all instruments. This is then followed by ascending semiquaver triplet runs‚ in the strings and woodwind‚ from G to C which have a decoration-like affect. This is juxtaposed against the timpani and the brass still carry on with octave C’s. This
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Religion was an important part of everyday life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. It defined the way in which society went about things‚ and had a large influence in both towns. There were many differing religions available to the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ ranging from foreign cults like that of the Egyptian god Isis‚ to cults that believed the emperor himself to be a god. All of these differing religions seem to be openly accepted and therefore indicates a fairly open societal mind when it came
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Jupiter and its Galilean Moons By: Logan Brink Astronomy 101 April 19‚ 2011 The solar system is an intriguing place. There are objects in our solar system that have unfathomable beauty; a few of these beautiful objects being Jupiter and its four Galilean moons. Jupiter is one of the most interesting bodies in the solar system‚ so it makes sense that its four largest moons are equally fascinating. The Galilean moons are some of the most curious bodies in our solar system. From dead worlds to
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Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is twice as large as all the other planets combined. It has 28 known satellites. The earliest discovered moons date back to 1610 and were discovered by Galileo. This is of interest because a future mission to Jupiter is named after this astronomer. Most of the remaining moons were discovered in the 20th century with advancement of technology. Some are discovered using better telescopes and others with missions directed towards Jupiter. Some of
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The depiction of Jupiter‚ also known as Zeus‚ takes on many different forms depending on the author and timeframe in which we are examining him. Throughout the article “Jupiter in Ovid’s Metamorphoses” Charles Segal juxtaposes Ovid’s characteristics of Jupiter amongst that of other prominent poets of comparative eras‚ Homer and Virgil. Ovid’s Jupiter appears to have immense anger and abrupt displays of power that acquire a high level of violence. With these two attributes overlapping‚ Ovid portrays
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Jupiter’s Climate Director Jupiter’s climate is very different to the climate on Earth‚ as well as the temperature that are much colder. Jupiter is a gaseous planet and so it does not have a solid surface‚ because of it being made out of gas it technically has no surface. Temperatures range from high to low on Jupiter because of all the types of gases and layers that they are in‚ such as the upper atmosphere where it is colder and increases closer to the center. At the top of Jupiter’s clouds the
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Students learn about: Non-examinable background • stages of occupation • brief historical overview up to and including the eruption of AD 79 • early discoveries and brief history of the excavations • representations of Pompeii and Herculaneum over time Examinable content: 1 Geographical context • the physical environment: the geographical setting‚ natural features and resources of Pompeii and Herculaneum • plans and streetscapes of Pompeii and Herculaneum
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