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    Vindolanda and Pompei

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    Vindolanda and Pompeii You have been invited to a conference on Roman archaeology focusing on life in the Roman Empire. Using your research from the sites at Vindolanda and Pompeii‚ explain the similarities and differences between the two sites. You must include aspects of everyday life and values and beliefs. You must refer to the artefacts as examples to support your response. Introductory paragraph: Vindolanda and Pompeii are two sites that were included in the Roman Empire. They shared

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    instructional graphic is included with this lesson guide. It may be enlarged and used to create transparencies or copies. • PEOPLE‚ PLACES‚ AND THINGS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE SUMMARY The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were covered by volcanic ash and mud. These cities lay buried for over 1600 years before their excavation revealed a picture of everyday life of civilization in the Roman Empire. The remains of the Roman Empire may be found on three continents. The Romans built cities in the lands they conquered

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    HISTORY PROJECT NAME: POMPEII AND ROMAN CIVILIZATION The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania‚ in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. The archaeological digs at the site extend to the street level of the 79 AD volcanic event; deeper digs in older parts of Pompeii and core samples of nearby drillings have exposed

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    Now this is a story all about how two volcanoes erupted and destroyed three towns. This will take a while so just sit right there while I tell you all about the blast and the ash-filled air. On the west coast of Italy sat Pompeii‚ when August 24 advanced their way. No one was prepared for what happened that day. When the blast occurred‚ they all began to pray. When the sky began to fall‚ most of them tried to flee‚ but some of the others thought differently. The ones that remained were killed almost

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    Dark Tourism

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    receive much tourist attention during Don Julian’s lifetime‚ it has become a well-known attraction since then. International television crews have filmed there several times‚ including one show that claimed to find proof the island is haunted. Pompeii‚ Italy Pompeii was an ancient Roman town near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. Founded in the seventh or sixth century BC‚ the town was destroyed and buried under up to 20 feet of ash and pumice

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    hum100 r4 wk2 overview

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    University of Phoenix Material Week 2 Overview Ancient Greece and Rome Ancient Greece and Rome holds the emergence of philosophy and theatre‚ music and dance‚ as well as‚ the vision that created a classic style of architecture that endures today and the construction of buildings such as the Acropolis in Greece and the Coliseum in Rome. Travelers arrive daily from all over the world to view the ruins of these ancient structures in the hopes of gaining an understanding of the creative mind of

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    gardens with decoration suited to each room. Most of the grand homes on the Palatine Hill in Rome were later demolished; very few survive. Property destruction was one way to exact revenge on an opponent as Clodius did to some of Cicero’s properties. Pompeii is home to one of the few Roman areas where Roman houses are almost perfectly preserved due to the sudden evacuation when Mount Vesuvius

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    of modern eroticism arose from the imagery of Ancient Greece and Rome. Art was most commonly found in the homes of upper-class citizens and usually in the bedroom. This does not necessarily mean that the Romans associated eroticism with privacy. Pompeii provides most useful examples of both public and private art. The reason for this is that the volcano preserved vast amounts of useful evidence. It is most important to consider the social class of either patron or viewer‚ and the varying intentions

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    Kleenex®‚ Band-Aid® and Coke® all marketed their brands too well over the years. To many‚ every tissue is a Kleenex®‚ and every small plastic or fabric bandage is a Band-Aid®. On the other hand‚ people may refer to all (or perhaps only the dark) soft drinks as Cokes®‚ but that company enjoys a high level of customer loyalty that other common brands do not. Building the Brand The opposite side of well-known brands is that consumers readily differentiate product classes between brands. Ketchup

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    1720s on. Beginning in the 1760s‚ Neoclassicism arose‚ reached its height in the 1780s and ‘90s during the French Revolution and lasted until about the 1850s. Neoclassicism was impacted by the exploration and excavation of the buried Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii; the excavations of which began in 1738 and 1748‚ respectively. It was because of these “new” discoveries that people wanted to revive the past and took interest in the classical forms and ideas that started the neoclassical era

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