HSC Sources and Quotes Flashcards
House of Centenary
Wall painting of Mt Vesuvius with grapes and a snake.
Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemsk contributions
Discovered olive trees and grape vines, contributing to knowledge of cultivation in Pompeii.
Giuseppe Fiorelli contributions
Divided Pompeii into 9 Regio’s. Founded the plaster casting preservation method.
Findings in the House of Faun (Greek and Egyptian)
Mosaics of sea life
Mosaic of Alexander the Great
Corinthian Columns peristyle - Greek
Mosaics of Crocodiles, hippos and Ibis - Egypt.
House of Julia Felix contribution to knowledge on Pompeii women
Rented out in 62AD after earthquake, inherited property made her lots of money.
“Mens sana in corpore san”
“A sound mind in a sound body”
House of the Deerin
Herculaneum - Frescoes of typically served food like bread, rabbit, nuts and more.
Compluvium and the impluviums use
Complivium is a whole in the roof, the impluvium catches rain water to use.
What does the Tomb of Scaurus have inscribed
Scenes of gladiator battles and stats on his battles.
Findings from Estelle Lazers research on skeletons
Can determine their sex, age, death and diseases.
Great Pompeii Project 2011
Funded by European Regional Development and Italian government in efforts to restore Pompeii.
Plutarch in relations to The Great Rhetra
“Their state was overloaded with a multitude of indigent and necessitous persons”.
PH Kelly in relations to land distribution in Sparta
Sparta didn’t have equal property - backed by Aristotle, rejected by Plutarch.
Xenophon x2 in regards to the Agoge
“To make the boys craftier… and cultivate their war-like instincts”
“When the froth of insolence rises to the surface;… the most violent appetites for pleasure invade the mind”.
Thomas J Figueira in relation to coinage
“Coinage would have had to be well established for it to be banned in the first place”.
Goddess and her Temple in Sparta
Temple of Artemis Orthia - cult for growth and fertility, used to educate, make animal sacrifices and liberate water/wine.
Holds an annual cheese stealing ritual to build endurance in youths.
Had 1000’s of wood carved statuettes.
Centre had a statue with wings of AO.
Herodotus in relation to the Death of a king in Sparta.
“Men and women together strike their foreheads with every sign of grief”.
Emma Southen x2 in relation to Agrippina
“Looms large as a symbol of everything wrong with the imperial system”.
“Agrippina only exists when her actions impact the lives of men”.
Sebasteion in Aphrodisias reliefs of Agrippina
‘Crowning Nero’ and the other with her wearing a diadem’.
What is the Gemma Claudia
Relief of Claudius and ATY against Germanicus and ATE, represents succession.
Barrett on Gaius’ reign
“Sees the principals as an expression of his right to exercise unchecked powers”.
Suetonius mentions of Nero
He held trials in public venues, usually secret.
Tiberius’ criticism of Sejanus
Says he was “insatiable in ambition”
Building programs by each emperor
Tiberius: Restoration of Pompeii theatre.
Gaius: Temple of Augustus, Aqua Claudia/Anio Novis.
Claudius: Harbour at Ostia.
Nero: Planned for colonnaded streets in Romes reconstruction after the 64AD fire.
