Public Pompeii (for Pompeii)

NOTE: The "Key Terms" section of most handouts will be in no particular order as a result of formatting difficulties with eblogger.

I. Destruction.

II. History and Region.

III. Infrastructure: Laying Out a Roman Town

A. Roman Colonization and Military Encampments.

B. Infrastructure and Construction.

IV. The Major Regions of the City.

A. The Forum.

B. The Theater District.

C. The Amphitheater

Important Terms to Remember:

Vesuvius
Asclepius
Samnites
Epidauros
Sulla
Pergamum
cardo maximus
orchestra
via decumana
paradoi
groma
scenae frons
Hippodomaean plan
balteus/zona
Forum
cavea
Temple of Apollo
odeon
Temple of Venus
Temple of Hercules
Eumachia
Palaestra
Temple of Vespasian
bestiarius
Temple of the Lares
venationes
Stabian Baths
retiarius
Apodyterium
thraex
Tepidarium
murmillo
Caldarium
lanista
Frigidarium
meretrix
Hypocast
Temple of Isis
Apuleius
Temple of Jupiter Milichus