Pompeii

The Aqua Augusta aqueduct system was built to provide water to Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as to at least six other ancient cities in the bay of Naples. It is one of the most complex, large and was the costliest aqueducts systems to be built. Pompeii originally received its water supply from the Sarno river, rainwater and wells, but the aqueduct was required when the population grew and their needs increased. Pipes (were made of lead, the Romans were unknowingly poisoning themselves) ran…

central panel of intricate works was larger, with a wide variety of themes, including mythology and landscapes. This style is believed to have been developed by the painter Famulus. An example of intricate style work is the House of the Vettii in Pompeii. Frescoes transform architectural space in many ways. Since frescoes are painted directly on a wall by applying paint to wet plaster, they literally become part of the architecture. Frescoes can be painted to make the texture appear…

The mountain also erupted 172 AD, 203 AD, and 222 AD, there are more than twenty-nine eruptions total. Pompeii was hosting about 20,000 people at the time of the most famous eruption. It was also the first eruption, of any volcano, to be described by an eye witness. Pliny the Younger. First, the volcano shot ash and other debris into the sky for twelve miles;…

Campania and Etruria. Through the different archaeological, techniques epigraphy, ground surveys, Roman architecture and excavation we will discover that Roman empire was busying itself and expanding it influence. For this discussion, one will look at Pompeii in Campania, Cosa in South Etruria and Volaterrae in North Etruria and will find that there is a difference in Romann attitudes between the regions. And in development of these areas. Discussion. Archaeological finds at both Etruria and…

(Laurence, p. 12). This has been studied throughout the course of Pompeii during the quarter, and will be discussed in another Roman city, Lepcis Magna - otherwise known as Libya. Lepcis Magna is considered one of the largest Roman cities in Africa, and will therefore portray similarities with Pompeii in terms of its public buildings, architecture, and city services. This paper will outline Lepcis Magna’s similarities to the ancient city of Pompeii by comparing its streets, public buildings, and…

past the eruptions have been very explosive and damaging. In 79 A.D. the city of Pompeii was destroyed by the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The town of Herculenium (Named after Hercules, because supposedly Vesuvius was sacred to Hercules) was totally covered in Volcanic mud, while Naples had some minor damage from fires and earthquakes.…

This happened in the famous lost city of Pompeii almost 2,000 years ago, after Mount Vesuvius erupted the whole city of Pompeii was covered with lava and ash causing everybody to die. Most of the people affected looked as if they were doing normal day things when their roof crashed in on them. More than 100 plaster casts of bodies have…

of wall paintings, the Romans utilized art to create three-dimensional scenes on the wall (Kleiner, 2012). The second style portrayed an alternate reality most commonly religious or illustrated stories. The brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater wall painting from House I, 3, 23 Pompeii, Italy created something in 60-79 CE (Kleiner, 2012). The wall painting…

Volcanoes can destroy the land all around them. There are volcanoes all around the world, some may be dormant then may become active. There are some volcanoes that destroyed all of the living things around them, such as, Vesuvius, and Mt. St Helens. Some volcanoes are very different from the others. There could be different ways a volcano could erupt. Vesuvius and Mt. St Helens both destroyed a great amount of land around them. Furthermore, the two volcanoes caused Earth quakes. In addition,…

The most impressive archaeological find in Campania, was Pompeii . It was a archaeological preserved city due to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius, which preserved both the inhabitants and their city. Here archaeological evidence is abundant. This evidence tells its own story about the city and in turn reveals the Roman culture and influences were present. The Romans didn’t arrive until 80BC, and at this time Sulla proceeded to colonize Pompeii . Tension between the locals and the colonist grew and…