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Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City

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Overview

Explore a fabled city, frozen in time and buried for centuries, and gain a riveting and unprecedented view of life as it was lived in ancient Roman times.

Syllabus

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  • 01: Reflections on and of Pompeii
  • 02: Geology and Geography on the Bay of Naples
  • 03: The Rediscovery of Vesuvian Lands
  • 04: Etruscan Pompeii—5th Century B.C.
  • 05: Samnite Pompeii—2nd Century B.C.
  • 06: Building the Roman Colony—80 B.C.
  • 07: Villa of the Papyri and Life with Piso
  • 08: Marriage and Mysteries—Rites of Dionysus
  • 09: Eumachia, Public Priestess
  • 10: A Female Slave in Pompeii
  • 11: Governing in the 1st Century A.D.
  • 12: Games and Competition for Offices
  • 13: Riot in the Amphitheater—A.D. 59
  • 14: The House of the Tragic Poet
  • 15: Pompeii's Wool Industry
  • 16: Pompeii's Wine and Vineyards
  • 17: Earthquake—A.D. 62
  • 18: Rebuilding after the Earthquake
  • 19: Wall Paintings in the House of the Vettii
  • 20: A Pompeian Country Club
  • 21: Worshipping the Emperors at Herculaneum
  • 22: Visiting a Villa at Stabiae
  • 23: Pliny Narrates the Eruption of Vesuvius
  • 24: The Bay of Naples after Vesuvius

Taught by

Steven L. Tuck

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