Past HSC and Trials Questions (from Assessment and Reporting in Ancient History Stage 6‚ page 8) Section I – Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii and Herculaneum (25 marks) Questions in this section will require candidates to refer to the source booklet. This section will consist of two parts. Part A (15 marks) There will be objective response and short-answer questions to the value of 15 marks‚ including from 5 to 10 objective response questions. Questions will require candidates to use sources
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daily life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. (10 marks) New research has immensely impacted on our understanding of daily life in both Pompeii and Herculaneum. Experts in archaeology‚ science and other fields have revealed copious amounts of information about people‚ buildings and food found in the two cities prior to the eruption in 62 AD. Experts such as Estelle Lazer and Sarah Bisel have assisted in heightening our understanding of the daily life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. From 1986 Estelle Lazer
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1. Where is Herculaneum located? What happened to the city? Herculaneum is located near Pompeii and a volcano erupted and buried the city alive 2. Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? Herculaneum is important to society because they have a better chance of piecing together the mysteries of Herculaneum than any other site. All the evidence has been well preserved making it easier to piece together this ancient society. 3. What are some of the challenges that archeologists face when
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Discuss specific heritage and conservation issues faced by the Pompeii and Herculaneum sites today. “Just when Pompeii was being rediscovered‚ it began to die its second death” –Henry de Saint-Blanquat Ever since the first discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the late 16th Century‚ the towns have been exposed to many problems regarding preservation. The above quote by Henry de Saint-Blanquat reinforces the dire position of the towns since their discovery. These problems are caused by tourism
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Where is Herculaneum located? What happened to the city? It is in Rome‚ near Pompeii. Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? It is important because archeaologists know so many different things about it like what their diet was‚ how they lived and how they made their money‚ and so many little details. They have many different aspects and can put them together to make a society. It gives archeologists a big idea on how societies were back then. What are some of the challenges that
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client relationship were: 1- The client was to support his patron at political elections and do any favours that might be required. 2- The patron might assist in legal matters or give a small gift or free meal. C) Essentially in Pompeii and Herculaneum political life was bases around client patron relationship and often as a favour the clients of the patrons would go around either telling people to vote for a particular person or voting for themselves. The political graffiti; “I beg you to make
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baths and the sports field (palaestra) ‘spa’ comes from the latin ‘sales per aqua’‚ meaning ‘health from water’. This shows us that cleanliness and good hygiene were extremely important values in Roman society The quality of water in Pompeii and Herculaneum was of huge importance to its
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Baths * There were 4 public baths in Pompeii: the Stabian‚ the Forum‚ the Central and the Amphitheatre Baths. Herculaneum had 2 sets of baths: one near the centre called the Forum Baths‚ and the other on the marina outside the walls by the sea‚ known as the Suburban Baths. * Apodyterium- a change room. Caldarium- a hot bath. Tepidarium- a warm steam room. Frigidarium- a cold bath. Thermae- a bath. * Public baths were a very social place where friends met not only to bathe‚ but to
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what does the evidence reveal about social class in Pompeii and Herculaneum. ______________________________________________________________________________ The social classes in Pompeii and Herculaneum are created using a hierarchy with each class determining your social‚ legal and political privileges. A variety of archeological and epigraphic including architecture‚ plaster casts‚ graffiti‚ and statues throughout Pompeii and Herculaneum reveal this along with source A and B. Source A depicts an image
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events is often impossible. However‚ artifacts found at archaeological sites can aid in illustrating the cultural context of ancient civilizations‚ allowing historians to better speculate about the people who lived during that age. Pompeii and Herculaneum provide historians such an opportunity because they were almost perfectly preserved following the devastation of Vesuvius. Although some artifacts did perish in the fires and aftermath‚ many of the houses‚ villas‚ and public buildings still stand
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