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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Brittany LeBlanc Professor Holliday Art History 111A 15 November 2010 Gravestone of a Woman with Her Attendant The Gravestone of a Woman with her attendant is a sculpture created by an unknown artist and is now on display at the Getty Villa in Malibu‚ California. The sculpture is of a woman seated in a cushioned armchair‚ reaching out to lightly touch the top of a box or chest held by her attendant. We can tell from the sculpture that the women is of a higher class because of how her hair is
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PLEASE don’t steal! I worked on this really hard! And it can get you in trouble!! Pompeii Documentary -- 3/3/14 Why is Pompeii so important? It’s a destroyed city of people who died‚ and we can only tell how they felt in the people’s last moments of their lives. They were frozen in the last seconds of their lives. Everything there can tell us every detail of what happened when the town swarmed with life. Earthquakes. A massive eruption. Hail of pumice and ash. Technology today
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Economy: Economy and Occupations The economy of Pompeii and Herculaneum was primarily agricultural with a smaller number of trade and crafts practiced. Pompeii has been perceived as a bustling commercial centre‚ a vestibule of a house reading‚ “Profit is joy.” The bigger wheel ruts seen in the streets of Pompeii compared to Herculaneum also suggest a busier economy with epigraphic evidence suggestive of trades and guilds around the walls of the town. Herculaneum was a quieter
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Pompeii – Task One The eruption of Mt Vesuvius in Pompeii is as influential today as it was in ancient times. This is for many reasons‚ the primary reason being the unique preservation of structures‚ frescos (wall paintings) and many other things. When the eruption hit Pompeii on August 24‚ 79AD no one in Pompeii could have guessed what would follow. Around 1:00 Pm a firestorm of fatal gasses and molten lava erupted from Vesuvius‚ spreading fear and terror into the hearts of Pompeiians as they thought
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Volcanoes are located in every single continent on planet earth. Mt Vesuvius is one of these large mountains. It is located near the city of Pompeii in Italy‚ and erupted on August 24th 79 AD. Volcanoes can be extremely unpredictable natural disasters‚ which cause tremendous amounts of damage to anyone unfortunate enough to live nearby. First of all‚ there are very many causes of volcanoes. Volcanoes are mountains that have hot scorching magma and lava boiling inside of it (Magloff‚ 2013). To begin
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Resina and therefore there is not enough physical evidence to provide a great depth of information. Studies were concentrated on the Forum at Pompeii. The Forum dates back to the 2nd century BCE. It underwent numerous alterations during the city’s history and at the time of the eruption was in the process of receiving an ambitious restoration. The Pompeii Forum was accessed through the entrance Via Marina and Via Dell’Abbondanza. The main roads from Naples‚ Nola and Stabiae led to the Forum. Amery
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understanding of daily life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. (10 marks) New research has immensely impacted on our understanding of daily life in both Pompeii and Herculaneum. Experts in archaeology‚ science and other fields have revealed copious amounts of information about people‚ buildings and food found in the two cities prior to the eruption in 62 AD. Experts such as Estelle Lazer and Sarah Bisel have assisted in heightening our understanding of the daily life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. From 1986
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In the first century A.D.‚ Pompeii was a flourishing city on the shoreline of what was not yet Italy. Affluent Romans claimed excursion estates there‚ and Pompeii was a noteworthy import/trade city. Dialects from the four corners of the known world could be heard on each road‚ and exchange of numerous types occurred in the open - and away from public scrutiny. Pompeii had the biggest amphitheater in the known Roman Domain‚ colossal games coliseums‚ its own vineyards‚ four rich shower houses‚ and
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