Year 12 Ancient History – Pompeii & Herculaneum Useful Websites

______Browse through the following websites when you have some spare time. You are sure to find some useful information and images on Pompeii and Herculaneum. The websites have been broken down according to the NSW HSC Ancient History Syllabus checklist. Happy reading and viewing!! ______Geographical setting

Article: 'Bronze-Age Venice', Archaeology, July/August 2002 http://www.archaeology.org/0207/newsbriefs/bronzeage.html

Destruction of Bronze Age village by Avellino pumice http://www.meridies-nola.org/nola/villaggiopreistoricoing.htm

Biography of Pliny the Elder http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_e.html

'A fishy tale from the University of Bradford' http://www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/pr/pressreleases/2002/fishy.htm A Brief History of Pompeii

Sulla's attack on Pompeii http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/anampomp/aapp_urban5.html

House of Caecilius Iucundus http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/B2EF6C410C7A377CC1256ABF002AD5F7? OpenDocument

Pompeii Forum Project http://pompeii.virginia.edu/ Written Sources for the 79AD Eruption

Critical inquiry, Question 1 (Pliny the Elder) http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_e2.html Textbook page/s: 21

The eruption of Vesuvius from the Soprintendenza di Pompeii http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/E4331B05D118F066C1256ABC005A2C8A? OpenDocument

Biography of Pliny the Younger http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_y.htm

Pliny the Elder's Natural History http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_e3.html#history

Pliny the Elder's Natural History http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Pliny_the_Elder/home.html Scientific Analysis of the 79AD Eruption

Vesuvius http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html

Haraldur Sigurdsson 'Earth explorer' in Archaeology http://www.archaeology.org/0007/abstracts/earth.html

Eruption of Mount St Helens http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/StHelens.html Discovery and Early Excavation

Dig deeper, Question 1 (Anglo-American Project in Pompeii) http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/pompeii/field/9.html Textbook page/s: 50

The influence of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture on Sir John Soane http://www.soane.org/

Pompeii: History of the excavations http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/86CEFC47EC002C16C1256AB6003247E1? OpenDocument

History of the excavation of Herculaneum http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/81BE848D21E75728C1256AC00047DC26? OpenDocument

Pompeian wall painting http://www1.hollins.edu/docs/academics/divisioni/classical%20studies/saloweyca/clas%20245/vettii/vettiipage.htm

'Chasing Maiuri: three perspectives' http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/pompeii/journals.html

Garden of the Fugitives http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/21B545CB4303B551C1256AC2003450B0? OpenDocument

Australian Researchers at Pompeii

Recording and analysis of standing structures http://www.bsr.ac.uk/ENG/sub_arch/BSR_Pomp_Record01.htm Textbook page/s: 53

AAPP excavation report on bars in Pompeii http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/pompeii/field/3.html

Evidence of Life and Death Critical inquiry, Question 2 (Roman birth control practices) http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/special/Stephanie_Doerfler/Contraception_and_Abortion.html Textbook page/s: 69

Critical inquiry, Question 2a (Article: 'Lower Class Women in the Roman Economy' by Susan Treggiari) http://www.uwo.ca/english/florilegium/vol1/treggiari.html Textbook page/s: 72 Death and burial http://www.cambridgescp.com/latin/clc/onlineA/clc_onlineA_b1_s7.php

Pompeii: the cult of the dead http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/877D61C5B2AD1D80C1256ABC0059C020? OpenDocument

House of Julius Polybius http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/house?id=15

Public Spaces

Review and revise, Question 2 (Gladiators) http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/gladiatr/types.htm Textbook page/s: 86

Interactive town plan of Pompeii http://pompeya.desdeinter.net/pompeya.htm

Plan of Pompeii http://users.ipa.net/~tanker/pompeii.htm

The history of plumbing: Pompeii and Herculaneum http://www.theplumber.com/pom.html

View of the Pompeii Forum from above http://pompeii.virginia.edu/local/pVII_7-9_bal_wj.jpg

A comparison with the Imperial Forum in Rome http://www.capitolium.org/english.htm

Latin inscription from the Building of Eumachia, Pompeii http://pompeii.virginia.edu/pompeii/tti/eb-insc/eb-insc-top.html

New recording methods and technology used in the Pompeii Forum Project http://pompeii.virginia.edu/pompeii/instrument/inst.html

Gladiator: the real story http://www.exovedate.com/the_real_gladiator.html

Wall inscriptions about gladiators http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pompeii-inscriptions.html

Article about Herculaneum http://www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-011.html

Collegium of the Augustales http://herculano.desdeinter.net/erc00030.htm

Private Houses

Critical inquiry, Question 1 (Battle of Issus) http://www.fact-index.com/b/ba/battle_of_issus.html Textbook page/s: 97

Critical inquiry, Question 1 (Alexander Mosaic) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_art_gallery_07.shtml Textbook page/s: 97

Review and revise, Question 2 (House of the Surgeon) http://hsc.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/instru.html Textbook page/s: 99

Essay on the patron–client relationship http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/Exams/enns.html

The Pompeian House http://gillonj.tripod.com/pompeianhouse/index.htm

Artist's impression of a typical Roman house http://home.att.net/~b.b.major/domuscol.jpg

Roman houses: Pompeii and Herculaneum http://www.cambridgescp.com/latin/clc/onlineA/clc_onlineA_b1_s1.php

British School at Rome: 3-D reconstructions of Pompeian houses http://www.proxima-veritati.auckland.ac.nz/insula9/Pages/Page_2_menu.html

Images of Roman houses http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house_sources.html

Atrium houses with a list of rooms http://www.villaivlilla.com/homes.htm

Sample plan of a Roman house based on houses in Pompeii and Herculaneum http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html

Pompeian houses at Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompeii http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/12476F2B50FE9D78C1256AB60034F720? OpenDocument

Examine a Pompeian wall painting from the House of Gavius Rufus http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jjd5t/roman-ptg/top.html

Review of a German article on private toilets http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2000/2000-03-16.html

Pompeian households: an on-line companion http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/home

Virtual tour of the House of the Faun http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/pmpReco.html

Images from the House of the Faun, including the Alexander Mosaic http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jjd5t/region-vi/faun/faun-table1.html

Houses of Pompeii database: House of the Vettii http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/house?id=18

Images from the House of the Vettii http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jjd5t/region-vi/vettii/vettii-table1.html

AAPP's excavation of the House of the Surgeon http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/pompeii/field/11.html

Interactive map of Herculaneum http://herculano.desdeinter.net/ercolano.htm House of the Mosaic Atrium, Herculaneum http://herculano.desdeinter.net/erc00125.htm

House of the Wooden Partition, Herculaneum http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/pagine/F42B702F27CBC00FC1256AC000512190? OpenDocument

Images from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/b4604a8b566ce010c125684d00471e00/3169f4b5db02fd19c1 256cdf0051c7ce!OpenDocument

Article: 'Herculaneum' by Iain Dickson http://www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-011.html

Sculptures from the Villa of the Papyri http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/Everyone/Pompeii/Herculaneum/sculpture.html Aspects of Social Life

Critical inquiry, Question 2 (Role and responsibilities of public priestesses in Roman society) http://www.lamp.ac.uk/~noy/roman12.htm Textbook page/s: 112

Dig deeper, Question 1 (Article: 'Slavery in the Roman Empire: numbers and origins' by John Madden) http://www.ucd.ie/classics/96/Madden96.html Textbook page/s: 116

Roman dress http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-dress.html

Pictures and plan of Fullonica Stephani http://pompeya.desdeinter.net/fstephani.html

Soprintendenza di Pompei: Fullonica Stephani http://www2.pompeiisites.org/Database/pompei/Pompei2.nsf/pagine/C2502D950F45425DC1256B35004199E8? OpenDocument

Roman clothing http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html

Article: 'Ancient Roman women: following the clues' by Dr Suzanne Dixon http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml

Imperial women of ancient Rome http://dominae.fws1.com/imperial_women/

Article: 'Ancient Roman Women: A Look at their Lives' by Moya K. Mason http://www.moyak.com/researcher/resume/papers/roman_women.html

Roman women http://www.lamp.ac.uk/~noy/roman16.htm

Poems of Sulpicia http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/sulpicia-anth.shtml

Inscriptions http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pompeii-inscriptions.html

Inscription from the House of Julia Felix http://www.lamp.ac.uk/~noy/roman16.htm Article: 'Lower class women in the Roman economy' by Susan Treggiari http://www.uwo.ca/english/florilegium/vol1/treggiari.html

Roman prostitutes http://www.angelfire.com/grrl/malibu_selina/papers/prostitutes.html

The Grand lupanar at VII.xii.18–19 http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/italy_except_rome_and_sicily/pompeii/ac880914.html

Pantheon of Roman gods http://www.roman-empire.net/religion/pantheon.html

Images of the collegium of the Augustales, Herculaneum http://herculano.desdeinter.net/erc00030.html

Roman religion http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_religion_gallery.shtml Ancient Wonders – Modern Problems

Restoring and interpreting a fresco in the House of the Golden Bracelet http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/b4604a8b566ce010c125684d00471e00/843438f1f68068dac1 256b0200559be5!OpenDocument Textbook page/s: 122

Critical inquiry, Question 1 (Article: 'Villa of the Papyri: To dig or not to dig?') http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/15/0514conn_print.html Textbook page/s: 125

Dig deeper (Jorvik Viking Centre) http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/jorvik-navigation.htm Textbook page/s: 128

UNESCO World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=829

About UNESCO http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3328&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

World Monuments Fund http://www.wmf.org/

Urgent postcard from Pompeii http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa4/pompeii/news.htm

Article: 'Pompeii puts its house in order', UNESCO Courier http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1999_July-August/ai_55413366

Anglo-American Project in Pompeii: video of 2002 excavation http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/pompeii.html

Anglo-American Project in Pompeii: preservation http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/pompeii/preservation.html

Restoring ancient Stabiae http://www.stabiae.org/

The illegal antiquities market http://www.indiana.edu/~swasey/matrix/ael/ael_mod06.htm About.com links to a variety of sites describing the history and excavation of the Villa of the Papyri http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/villaofthepapyri/

The Philodemus Project, Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/classics/philodemus/philhome.htm

Casa del Menandro: description of room 19 and corridor L http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/rooms?houseid=9#189

New finds at Herculaneum: discovery of 48 more victims of Vesuvius http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/herculaneum.html