Post on 26-Dec-2015
Homework Bell Ringer
• What did the Romans collect in order to bleach their clothing as shown by remains of a laundry in Pompeii.
Romans cherished their cleanliness –They would often go to the daily public baths. Women and men
would go either to separate facilities or at separate times. These baths also had gyms, pools, libraries, etc. They were a great social event!
And about their toilets ….
What would an archaeologist discover about a people based on the material remains of a house?
What would an archaeologist discover about you from the remains of your room?
POMPEII A town destroyed by Vesuvius on August
24th/25th AD 79
Bay of Naples, Italy
Misenum
Cumae
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Stabiae
BaiaeNaples
Vesuvius
Sorrento
Capri
Ischia
Positano
Wall-painting of Vesuvius
Vesuvius, March 1944
Herculaneum
Herculaneum - street
Herculaneum – House of the Beautiful Courtyard
Pompeii
Wall-painting – harbour of Pompeii
House of the Fugitives
Some of the fugitives
More of the same
Pompeian street
The Refined Life
• Streets had curbs!
• Foot bridges to avoid filth
Public Water Fountains
Pipes for water (leaded?)
Street Signs
Random House – Notice Mosaic Entrance and Atrium impluvium
(collect rain water)
Atrium – central courtyard. Greet visitors, show off wealth, show off ancestors. Collect water in central fountain.
Shops outside – no direct entrance to house.
Lararium – shrine to household deities. Prayed to daily for fertility of fields and family.
Also prayed to deceased ancestors at the central hearth “focus” of house. Busts of ancestors carried in funerals and then placed in atrium.
How did the practice of carrying a bride over the threshold relate to an ancient Roman tradition?
Tablinum – Master’s office – here is where the strong box kept (no banks). No windows – secure. Very decorated as would host special guests here.
Cubiculum – bedroom, very spartan decorations as no one would visit these.
Triclinium – dining room, Romans ate lying down (often two on a couch). There were three couches in each dining room. This house has a winter and summer dining room. Highly decorated for guests.
Outside Peristyle Garden – loved to be near nature, even if in city. Gardens would have mini-trees, flowers and Greek sculpture. Around garden were the culina (kitchen), storage sheds, etc.
Small theatre or odeon
Gladiators’ barracks and training ground
Amphitheatre with Vesuvius in the background
Amphitheatre
Wall-painting – Riot in the amphitheatre in AD 59
Palaestra (exercise area) and swimming pool
Bar - thermopolium
Fast Food
Bakery of Modestus
Wall painting - bakery
Carbonized loaf
Temple of Apollo
Apollo
Brothel
Wall-painting - builders
Marble plaque – metal workers
Weights and measures
Writing implements
Silver dinnerware
Lady’s wood and ivory vanity box
Houses of Octavius Quartio/Loreius Tiburtinus, Venus and Julia Felix
House of Venus – garden peristyle
House of Venus – the painting which gives it its name
House of the Vettii – reception room
Ibid – cupids working in perfumery
House of Vettii – peristyle garden
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