Homework Bell Ringer

• What did the Romans collect in order to bleach their clothing as shown by remains of a laundry in Pompeii.

Romans cherished their cleanliness –They would often go to the daily public baths. Women and men

would go either to separate facilities or at separate times. These baths also had gyms, pools, libraries, etc. They were a great social event!

And about their toilets ….

What would an archaeologist discover about a people based on the material remains of a house?

What would an archaeologist discover about you from the remains of your room?

POMPEII A town destroyed by Vesuvius on August

24th/25th AD 79

Bay of Naples, Italy

Misenum

Cumae

Herculaneum

Pompeii

Stabiae

BaiaeNaples

Vesuvius

Sorrento

Capri

Ischia

Positano

Wall-painting of Vesuvius

Vesuvius, March 1944

Herculaneum

Herculaneum - street

Herculaneum – House of the Beautiful Courtyard

Pompeii

Wall-painting – harbour of Pompeii

House of the Fugitives

Some of the fugitives

More of the same

Pompeian street

The Refined Life

• Streets had curbs!

• Foot bridges to avoid filth

Public Water Fountains

Pipes for water (leaded?)

Street Signs

Random House – Notice Mosaic Entrance and Atrium impluvium

(collect rain water)

Atrium – central courtyard. Greet visitors, show off wealth, show off ancestors. Collect water in central fountain.

Shops outside – no direct entrance to house.

Lararium – shrine to household deities. Prayed to daily for fertility of fields and family.

Also prayed to deceased ancestors at the central hearth “focus” of house. Busts of ancestors carried in funerals and then placed in atrium.

How did the practice of carrying a bride over the threshold relate to an ancient Roman tradition?

Tablinum – Master’s office – here is where the strong box kept (no banks). No windows – secure. Very decorated as would host special guests here.

Cubiculum – bedroom, very spartan decorations as no one would visit these.

Triclinium – dining room, Romans ate lying down (often two on a couch). There were three couches in each dining room. This house has a winter and summer dining room. Highly decorated for guests.

Outside Peristyle Garden – loved to be near nature, even if in city. Gardens would have mini-trees, flowers and Greek sculpture. Around garden were the culina (kitchen), storage sheds, etc.

Small theatre or odeon

Gladiators’ barracks and training ground

Amphitheatre with Vesuvius in the background

Amphitheatre

Wall-painting – Riot in the amphitheatre in AD 59

Palaestra (exercise area) and swimming pool

Bar - thermopolium

Fast Food

Bakery of Modestus

Wall painting - bakery

Carbonized loaf

Temple of Apollo

Apollo

Brothel

Wall-painting - builders

Marble plaque – metal workers

Weights and measures

Writing implements

Silver dinnerware

Lady’s wood and ivory vanity box

Houses of Octavius Quartio/Loreius Tiburtinus, Venus and Julia Felix

House of Venus – garden peristyle

House of Venus – the painting which gives it its name

House of the Vettii – reception room

Ibid – cupids working in perfumery

House of Vettii – peristyle garden

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