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    Social class in Pompeii

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    other sources‚ 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

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    Pompeii and Herculaneum: Leisure Activities For each I’ve chosen one main source‚ and gathered a variety of other sources to help explain and reinforce it further. I find that one source (particularly buildings alone) are not enough to base all of the information on‚ and you gain a more comprehensive understanding by combining them. Entertainment was essential to daily life in Ancient Rome.  According to Juvenal1‚ it seemed that all Romans were interested in was "bread and circuses‚"  and with

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    5) The impacts of tourism in Pompeii and Herculaneum are extensively in the matters of destruction‚ however‚ there have been several attempted conservation efforts to prevent these issues. Thus‚ Italian and international efforts have contributed to preventing the constant damages and improve the site management and conservation efforts. Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world‚ and each year more than two million tourists‚ so visit Pompeii and around half a million-visit Herculaneum

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    1) What is the Castellum. A castellum is a building that distributed water throughout Pompeii and Herculaneum. The task of the castellum was to spread water all over Rome for public and private use. In Source 1‚ it shows three lead pipes which transferred water all over the city of Pompeii. The bricks encompassing the water narrow the water allowing it to fit through the pipes. 2) Why does the engineer Vitruvius recommend a three part water distribution in a town? A three part water distribution

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    Pompeii‚ as a typical Roman colony provincial towns‚ was self-administrating in local matters‚ but subject to imperial decree from Rome. However‚ the emperor rarely interfered except where the empire’s security or local order was threatened. After the revolt in the amphitheatre between Pompeians and Nucerians in AD 59 the emperor‚ Nero‚ dismissed the two chief magistrates‚ had two more elected and appointed a law-giving prefect to supervise them. The inhabitants did not rail against such interference

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    Women in Pompeii and Herculaneum had a social position between slaves and freedmen. They often spent their time at home‚ learning and fulfilling the required domestic skills. Although they did not have as many rights as the men did‚ they were still able to gain power by operating businesses‚ owning land‚ becoming priestesses‚ and earn profits for themselves. Girls‚ usually from an upper-class‚ had an education either at home or school‚ giving them the knowledge to fulfill the rights they had. The

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    Electoral assembly (comitium)‚ town council (curia)‚ chief magistrates (duumviri) and magistrates (aediles). These parties were elected in through different means and for different purposes. The electoral assembly was voted in by the Roman citizens of Pompeii. Those elected were then in charge of electing the duumviri and aediles. The town council was made up prominent citizens with an honourable reputation and profession. They need be at least 25 years of age and reasonably wealthy. They were in control

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    The case study that will be looked at is about an excavation that has been on going in British Columbia‚ Canada‚ which I have had the privilege working on. The Bridge River Band or Xwisten is just one of the bands that make up the St’át’imc First Nation. The Bridge River excavation has been going on for the better part of a decade. The site mainly consists of pit houses that were occupied up to 1400 years ago. The University of Montana and its archaeological program have been the main archaeologists

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    Fresh excavations to start at largest Harappan site After a gap of 13 years‚ excavation work will start once again at Rakhigarhi‚ estimated to be the largest Harappan civilization site located in Hisar district of Haryana. This early Harappan settlement‚ considered bigger than Mohenjo-daro‚ was listed among the 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia just last year by the Global Heritage Fund‚ which is‚ incidentally‚ partnering with city-based Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute

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    For the structure atop the hill it will be useful to make horizontal excavations as they can show large areas of site to uncover structure plans or settlement layouts. Although we can see the structure with the naked eye‚ there may also be parts of it that we cannot see because of the damage the fires have caused. The horizontal excavation will be 3m x 9m‚ so that we may have an opportunity in finding hidden chambers or rooms underneath the ceremonial structures. It is very likely that we find human

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