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