pompeii and city tings Flashcards
pompeii happened under the rule of _____
titus
Entire region trapped under ______ _____ as if it were ______
______ built on top - Pompey was under _________so they are still excavating it today
volcanic ash
cities, farmland
why are the usual firey pics of pompeii wrong
The picture of the explosion here is inaccurate because it was more of a c,oud of smoke
what was the city of pompeii like
Pompey is not remarkable
Average size
no special things about it
Tourist site but otherwise a normal roman city
Very compact - size of campus, had walls and a few surrounding citizens
pomeii was pre average but they notably had a popular _________
ampitheatre
pompey had about __,_000 inhabitants
20
the roman strees in pompeii were bathed in ______ becaused of the ______ system used to wash tthe streets into the _______
they had ____ _____ so you could aovid stepping in _______
water, water, sewaer
stepping stones, water
The pompeian ______ was used for parades, gatherings and shit
forum
pompeii had mant public structures, esp ______
theatres
As the roman empire became more urbanised _______ became a catch-all place
taverns
what did the taverns consist of/ purpose
People went to the tavern to eat food from big bowls (esp bread)
They would take whatever was in the pots to your famjam
why didnt people eat AT taverns
Was a bad/not classy thing to eat in public so you would do takeout!
Sit down dining didn’t exist
n the back rooms of taverns you’d sometimes find ______
gambling
Public fountains where public ran ____ and _____
Public water supply worked because of how ________ the city is
day and night
compact
you see a girl with an arrow on her, what does it lead to? what is she?
prostitute with arrow leading to brothel
what were the two kinds of graffiti
Official - every town had places set up where you could post any announcement
Periodically white washed it for new ones
Unofficial - people carving things
Funny tings
in pompeii, what was the ourpose of the arches in their ampitheatre
the _______ was right next to it
Modelling itself as a larger amphitheatre, the arches don’t mean anything (they do in a large one)
Polyester (gymnasium) right next to the amphitheatre
Mount _______ is a semi-dormant volcano erupts in early ______
Mount vesuvius is a semi-dormant) volcano erupts in early afternoon
what was a benifit of the ash from the explosion of mnt vesuvius
The ashe is super fertile and good for the land - created lots of farmland
who was requested to write an account of the explosion at pomeii
we still have his ____
clinny/cline
letter
idk how to speel
clinny’s letter
Cline’s uncle decides to take _____ from the navy and ____ ______
As he got closer realised that the people around were ________
Most boats sailboats, the hot air goes straight up, a _______ created, air is sucked towards the _______
People can’t sail ______
Uncle decides to try to help by ______ people
Cline’s uncle decides to take boats from the navy and sail closer
As he got closer realised that the people around were trapped
Most boats sailboats, the hot air goes straight up, a vacuum created, air is sucked towards the volcano
People can’t sail away
Uncle decides to try to help by refuging people
clinny’s letter:
The heavy stuffy being thrown up is starting to ______
Uncle decides that the best thign to do was to _____ ______ the eruption, went to pompeii and had ______ with a rich guy
Buddy Took a _____ - died
The heavy stuffy being thrown up is starting to descend
Uncle decides that the best thign to do was to wait out the eruption, went to pompeii and had dinner with a rich guy
Buddy Took a nap - died
______ starts to pile up coming down from atmosphere
Around midnight a )______ surge happens,
ash
pyroclastic
whats a pyroclastic surge
it starts to bubble over and pours down the mountain fast asf
Causes the oxygen to deprive and people suffocate on the toxic fumes
true or false
rome never bothered to rebuild
true
much later on, what was pompeii to the rest of italy
Later on, became a mythical place where ppl didnt know where it way - cause it was buried
______began reporting finding lil things
Began to dig and _______ the houses one at a time
farmers, loot
One of the people kept finding hollow pockets of air in the solid
why?
Body trapped, decomposed, shaped of body in solid left
Started pouring plaster into the holes to make a sort of mold of the body’s that have been discovered
Even the food was conserved
