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Pompeii - full deck Flashcards

1
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Roman time

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Hora Prima - first hour after sunriseHora Duodecima - last hour before sunsetEight watches in the night - Vespera, Prima Fax, Concubia, Intempesta (midnight), Inclinato, Gallicinium, Conticinium, Diluculum

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Roman days of the week

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Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Sun

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Quotes at the start

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Tom Wolfe, Hooking UpPliny, Natural HistoryA Trevor Hodge, Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply

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Book starts at

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Conticinium, Mars, 22 August - 04:21

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Quotes at start of Mars

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Bardintzeff, McBirney - Volcanology

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6
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Engineer’s name

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Marcus ATTILIUS Primus

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7
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Where is Attilius based

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Misenum

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8
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Constellation that rises on Festival of Vinalia

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Vintager

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9
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Overseer

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Gavius Corax

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10
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Name of the aqueduct around the Bay of Naples

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Aqua Augusta

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11
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Who had recruited Attilius’ great grandfather?

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Marcus Agrippa

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12
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Which aqua did Attilius’ great grandfather build?

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Aqua Julia

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13
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Which aqua did Attilius’ grandfather build?

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Anio Novus

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Which aqua did Attilius’ father build?

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Aqua Claudia

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15
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Where does the Aqua Augusta start?

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Appenninus - springs of Serinus

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16
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Which towns are served by the Aqua Augusta?

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Pompeii (spur) - Nola - Acerrae - Atella - Neapolis - Puteoli - Cumae - Baiae - Misenum

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17
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Architect to the Divine Augustus (chinrest)

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Vitruvius

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18
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Province book takes place in

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Campania

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19
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Villain of the piece

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Numerus Popidius AMPLIATUS

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20
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Ampliatus’ villa on Bay of Naples

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Villa Hortensia, Misenum

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21
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Augustan aristocrat who threw slaves to his eels

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Vedius Pollo

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22
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Ampliatus’s eels

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Moray

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23
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One of Ampliatus’s eels was a favourite of which emperor?

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Nero

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24
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Ampliatus’s teenage son

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Celsinus

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25
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Ampliatus’s household steward

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Scutarius

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26
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Which fish had the slave “killed”?

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Red Mullet

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27
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How much were the red mullet worth?

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6,000s each

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28
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Ampliatus’s daughter

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Corelia

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29
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Name of slave being fed to the eels

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Hipponax

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30
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Hipponax’s mother

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Atia

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31
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Terminus of the Aqua Autusta

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Piscina Miribilis - Pool of Wonders

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32
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Roof of Piscina Miribilis

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48 pillars, each more than 50m high

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33
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Attilius’s predecessor

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Exomnius Aelianus - sicilian, 20 years

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34
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Person administering aqueducts

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Curator Aquarium - Rome

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35
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Name of Curator Aquarium

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Acilius Aviola

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36
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Where was Attilius working when transferred

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Anio Novus

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37
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Philosophical school Attilius subscribes to

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Stoics

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38
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Attilius’s household slave

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Phylo

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39
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Attilius’s late wife

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Sabina

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40
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Temple build by Ampliatus in Pompeii

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Cult of Isis - presented in Celsinus’s name

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41
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Osiris

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Sun GodHusband to IsisSlain each evening by Set, bringer of Darkness

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42
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What does Attilius smell in the water at the Villa Hortentius

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Sulphur

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43
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What does Ampliatus smell of?

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Crocus oil

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44
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What game is Corax playing with Musa and Becco

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Bones

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45
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Atillius’s greek slave

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Polites

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46
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How long has Corax worked on the Aqua Augusta?

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Twenty years

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47
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Which hill are the Claudia and Anio Novus in Rome?

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Esquiline

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48
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Roman waters

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Aqua Marcia - Sweetest tasting, three springs of the ArnioAqua Alsietina - foulestAqua Julia - soft and tepid

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49
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What did Atillius’s father die of?

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Lead poisoning, before 50

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50
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Capacity of Piscina?

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280 quinariae

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51
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One quinariae

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Daily requirement of 200 people

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52
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How many in Misenum?

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10000

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53
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How much water is in the Piscina?

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Enough for two days

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54
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Where are the sulphur springs?

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Baiae

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55
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Whose mouth does the Aqua Augusta flow from into the Piscina?

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Nepture

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56
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Where does the rider come from to tell Atillius that the water has failed?

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Nola

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57
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Statue in the building housing the sluicegate

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Egeria - goddess of water spring, consort of Numa

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58
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Admiral

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Giaus Plinius - Pliny the Elder

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59
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Pliny’s great work

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Natural History

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60
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Where is there a copy of the Natural History?

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Library at the Porticus of Octavia

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61
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Imperial flagship at Misenum

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Victoria

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62
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Pliny’s nephew

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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus - Pliny the Younger

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63
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Where does Atillius send men to shut off the Augusta?

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Abellinum

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64
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Augusta diverted to …

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Beneventum

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65
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Previous earthquake

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Nones of February, consulship of Regulus and Verginius, Nero was in Neapolis - Seneca describes

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66
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Pliny’s wine

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Caecuban

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67
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Sacrificed to Jupiter

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White bull

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68
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Fastest ship in the fleet, lent to Atillius

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Minerva

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69
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Public holiday

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Vulcanalia (appropriate)

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70
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Current emperor

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TITUS Caesar Vespasianus Augustus

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71
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Aquaduct built by Atillius’s father

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Aqua Claudia

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72
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What is the Venus Throw in dice?

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Four sixes

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73
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Misenum is named after …

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Misenus, herald of the Trojans, slain by Triton (Virgil)

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74
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What sort of ship is the Minerva?

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Liburnum

75
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Captain of the Minerva

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Torquatus

76
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Two great warships in Misenum harbour

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Concordia and Neptune

77
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Pliny’s two greek slaves

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Alcman for reading aloudAlexion for dictation

78
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Emporer who was Pliny’s friend

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Vespasian

79
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Pliny’s water clock, specifications by …

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Ctesibius of Alexandria

80
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Ampliatus granted freedom by …

A

Popidius

81
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Commissioner sent to Pompeii by Nero after earthquake

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Suedius Clemens

82
Q

Soil found around Puteoli that forms the basis for Roman concrete

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Puteolanum

83
Q

Slave who set up rebel camp on top of Vesusvius

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Spartacus

84
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Greatest villa on the bay

A

Villa Calpurnia

85
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Owner of Villa Calpurnia

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Pedius Cascus (former consul)

86
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Pedius Cascus’s wife

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Rectina

87
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Pedius Cascus’s philosophers

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Epicurians

88
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Letter shown to Attilius after Sabina’s death

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Servius Sulpicus to Cicero

89
Q

Who does the the dice say should go and locate the fault in the aqua?

A

Corax and Musa

90
Q

Where does water enter Pompeii?

A

By the Vesuvius gate (castellum aquae)

91
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River flowing through Pompeii

A

Sarnus

92
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Horse dealer in Pompeii

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Baculus (Horses Swift Enough For The Gods)

93
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Where are the sluices to the Aqua?

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Abellinum (springs rise under a temple dedicated to water goddesses)

94
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Name of aquarius in charge at Abellinum

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Probus

95
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Slave at Pompeii’s castellum aquae

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Tiro (blind)

96
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Magistrates in Pomeii

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Marcus HolconiusQuintus Brittius

97
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Aediles in Pompeii

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Lucius Popidius - in charge of waterGaius Cuspius

98
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Where did Exomnius have rooms in Pompeii?

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Africanus’s place (brothel)

99
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Scared day for the men of the aqueducts

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Neptunia - 23rd July

100
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Popidius’s doorman

A

Massavo

101
Q

Who is Corelia due to marry?

A

Popidius

102
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What is Ampliatus building in Pompeii?

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Baths

103
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Ampliatus’s foreman at the baths

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Januarius

104
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Ampliatus’s advice to Attilius

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No safer investment (in Pompeii) than property

105
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Man Ampliatus did some debt collecting for

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Jucundus

106
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Salve lucrum

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Hail profit

107
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Lucrum gaudium

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Profit is joy

108
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Ampliatus’s (dreary) wife

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Celsia

109
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Lucius Popidius’s mother

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Taedia Secunda

110
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The rule of Varro

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Guests at dinner party should not be less than the Graces (three) or more than the Muses (nine)

111
Q

Oysters bred in …

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Brindisium, fattened in the Lucrine Lake

112
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Seneca’s motto

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Eat to vomit, vomit to eat

113
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Trimalchio

A

Freed slave of monstrous wealth in satire by Titus Petronius

114
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Fate of Petronius

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Ordered to suicide by Nero - broke fluorspar wine-dipper with 300,000

115
Q

Ampliatus’s cook

A

Gargilius

116
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Centre dish at Ampliatus’s feast

A

Eel

117
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Capsa

A

Cheap beechwood document case

118
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Corelia’s birds

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Goldfinches

119
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Surgeon to attest to Corelia’s virginity

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Pumponius Magonianus

120
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Exomnius’s prostitute “partner”

A

Zmyrina

121
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Ex-gladiator on Atillius’s team

A

Brebix

122
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Why don’t the men like being out near Vesuvius after dark?

A

The giants …

123
Q

Where is the Villa Calpurnia

A

Herculaneum

124
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Pliny: In cardiac disease the only relief lies in …

A

wine

125
Q

What has Pliny decided to call the tremors from the volcano?

A

Harmonic episodes

126
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Pliny’s widowed sister

A

Julia

127
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Pliny the Younger’s tutors

A

Quintilian for literatureNicetes for rhetoric

128
Q

Highest aqueduct

A

Nemausus (Nimes) in Gaul

129
Q

What sort of gladiator was Brebix

A

Murmillo - 30 fights

130
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Which troop was Brebix in

A

Alleius Nigidius

131
Q

Waves but no …

A

wind

132
Q

Who is sent to close off the sluices at Abellinium

A

Corvinius and Becco

133
Q

Five neighbourhoods of Pompeii

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ForensesCampaniensesSaliniensesUrbananensesPagani

134
Q

Ampliatus’s temple

A

Isis

135
Q

Population of Pompeii

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20000

136
Q

Sybil of Pompeii

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Biria Onomastia

137
Q

God the sybil sacrifices snakes to

A

Sabazios

138
Q

Goddess of the water spring

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Egeria

139
Q

What does Corelia bring Attilius

A

Accounts stolen from Ampliatus, accounts of Vesuvius

140
Q

Where in Sicily was Exomnius from?

A

Caetana (near Etna)

141
Q

What day does Vesuvius erupt?

A

Jupiter (August 24)

142
Q

From the womb feet first like …

A

Agrippa

143
Q

Who does Atillius send back to Pompeii with Corelia

A

Polites

144
Q

Where did Pliny serve in the army?

A

Upper Germany

145
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Who was Pliny fighting in Upper Germany

A

Chauci warriors

146
Q

Who did Pliny serve with in Upper Germany?

A

Domitius Corbolo

147
Q

Claudius’s wife

A

Lollia Paulina

148
Q

Nero’s wife

A

Agrippina

149
Q

Who murdered Aggripina in Misenum?

A

Ancietus

150
Q

How often is the Piscina Miribalis emptied for maintenance?

A

Every ten years

151
Q

Pliny’s water slave

A

Dromo

152
Q

What does Pliny find in amphora dropped into the reservoir

A

Silver coins - 250k sesterces

153
Q

Which emperor is pictured on the coins found in the reservoir?

A

Vespasian

154
Q

Who’s money is found in the reservoir?

A

Exomnius

155
Q

Quattrorviri

A

Board of four - Popidius, Cuspius, Brittias, Holconius

156
Q

Whose name is on notices around Pompeii promising water

A

Popidius (by the seventh hour)

157
Q

The best wine …

A

Caecuban

158
Q

Samnite fortress

A

Nola

159
Q

Thracian gladiator

A

Spartacus

160
Q

Breeze from the North East

A

Caurus

161
Q

Whose body does Attilius find at the top of Vesuvius

A

Exomnius

162
Q

Who follows Attilius up Vesuvius to kill him

A

Gavius Corax

163
Q

Who has written the greek account of Vesuvius

A

Strabo

164
Q

Who has written the Latin account of the Pompeii earthquake

A

Seneca

165
Q

What’s the full ruling council on Pompeii called?

A

The Ordo - 85 citizens

166
Q

How many Hiroshimas?

A

100000

167
Q

Escape route from Pompeii

A

Stabian Gate

168
Q

What rains down on Pompeii first

A

Pumice

169
Q

“People perish …

A

… books are immortal” - Rectina

170
Q

Island rules by Aeolus, god of Wind

A

Strongyle

171
Q

Universal fuel on various phenomena

A

Sulphur

172
Q

Blind friend of Pliny’s who thought eruption was the work of Jupiter

A

Pomponianus

173
Q

Observation platform on ship

A

Carchesium - “drinking cup”

174
Q

Where does the Minerva eventually put to shore?

A

Stabiae

175
Q

Whose villa do they spend the night after the eruption

A

Pomponianus - Stabiae

176
Q

“most courageous man who ever lived” according to Pliny

A

Marcus Sergius

177
Q

Wine produced for dinner in Stabiae

A

Falernian

178
Q

Who gives Attilius his helmet when he sets off for Pompeii from Stabiae (three miles)

A

Torquatus

179
Q

Who does a stranger ask Attilius after?

A

His wife, Julia Felix

180
Q

Who attacks Massavo with a torch?

A

Corelia

181
Q

Where do Attilius and Corelia survive the eruption

A

The aqueduct

182
Q

Where does Pliny die

A

Stabiae

183
Q

Rumoured - a baby made of

A

Stone

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